Like American's money for half an Everest expedition? (6)
I believe the answer is:
ascent
'half an everest expedition?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'like american's money' is the wordplay.
'like american's' becomes 'as' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names. I am not sure about the 'like' bit.).
'money' becomes 'cent' (eg denomination of dollars).
'as'+'cent'='ASCENT'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ascent that I've seen before include "made by Hilary and Tenzing" , "Upwards motion" , "Incline" , "A rise in status; climb" , "Upward slope" .)