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Money for a horse (6)

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I believe the answer is:

amount

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'money' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'a horse' is the wordplay.
'horse' becomes 'mount' (mount is a kind of horse).
'a'+'mount'='AMOUNT'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for amount that I've seen before include "Add up or be equivalent to" , "value" , "Size" , "Supply" , "Measure, quantity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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