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India invested in factory working to get quantity of money? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

million

'quantity of money?' is the definition.
(eg a million pounds)

'india invested in factory working' is the wordplay.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'invested in' indicates putting letters inside.
'factory' becomes 'mill' (mill is a type of factory).
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'mill'+'on'='millon'
'i' placed within 'millon' is 'MILLION'.

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for million that I've seen before include "What mega means" , "One followed by six zeros" , "Ten to the power of six" , "fortune!" , "A power of 1 Down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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