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Money? Back us with a thousand (3)

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I believe the answer is:

sum

'money?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)

'back us with a thousand' is the wordplay.
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a thousand' becomes 'm' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'us' backwards is 'su'.
'su'+'m'='SUM'

(Other definitions for sum that I've seen before include "Amount, of money say" , "maths problem" , "Whole" , "Aggregate, total" , "Amount, aggregate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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