Money remit wasted energy for a very short distance (10)
I believe the answer is:
centimetre
'very short distance' is the definition.
'centimetre' can be an answer for 'distance' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'very short' bit.
'money remit wasted energy' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'cent' (eg denomination of dollars).
'wasted' indicates an anagram.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mce).
'remit' with letters rearranged gives 'imetr'.
'cent'+'imetr'+'e'='CENTIMETRE'
'for a' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for centimetre that I've seen before include "Measure" , "Hundredth of a metre" , "Short distance" , "About four tenths of an inch" , "From a little distance" .)