Making a pittance, I expect (10)
I believe the answer is:
anticipate
'expect' is the definition.
(anticipating is a kind of expecting)
'making a pittance i' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'pittance'+'i'='apittancei'
'apittancei' anagrammed gives 'ANTICIPATE'.
(Other definitions for anticipate that I've seen before include "Using head" , "Expect" , "Bargain for" , "Look forward to" , "Figure on" .)