New menu in motel affected income (9)
I believe the answer is:
emolument
'income' 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?
'new menu in motel affected' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'affected' indicates anagramming the letters.
'menu' with letters rearranged gives 'umen'.
'motel' with letters rearranged gives 'emolt'.
'umen' inserted inside 'emolt' is 'EMOLUMENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for emolument that I've seen before include "payment" , "A fee received, salary" , "profit results" , "Profit of employment" , "Compensation paid" .)