Money taken at gunpoint? (4)
I believe the answer is:
gate
'money' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'taken at gunpoint?' is the wordplay.
'taken' becomes 'ate' (eating is a kind of taking).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'gunpoint?' becomes 'g' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'ate' put after 'g' is 'GATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gate that I've seen before include "Entrance to a Dublin theatre" , "Spectators - entrance" , "Narrow opening" , "Box office take" , "Total of spectators" .)