Issue one pound raised in merchandise (7)
I believe the answer is:
publish
'issue' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'one pound raised in merchandise' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'li' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'li' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for publish that I've seen before include "Get into print" , "Issue, make known" , "Make generally known" , "Report" , "Issue (a book/magazine)" .)