Kit often seen with this in taxi -- a lot? Almost (8)
I believe the answer is:
caboodle
'kit often seen with this' is the definition.
(as in the phrase 'the whole kit and caboodle')
'taxi a lot? almost' is the wordplay.
'taxi' becomes 'cab' (synonyms).
'a lot?' becomes 'oodles' (oodles means a large amount).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'oodles' with its last letter taken off is 'oodle'.
'cab'+'oodle'='CABOODLE'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for caboodle that I've seen before include "Crowd, collection" , "The whole kit and ..., the lot" , ""The whole ___" - everything" , "Group" .)