Intended to secure new funds (7)
I believe the answer is:
finance
'funds' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'intended to secure new' is the wordplay.
'intended' becomes 'fiance' (someone's 'intended' is who they are due to marry).
'to secure' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are secured inside).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'fiance' going around 'n' is 'FINANCE'.
(Other definitions for finance that I've seen before include "Monetary support" , "See 9" , "Provide cash for" , "Economics" , "funding" .)