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Offering to serve the people (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donation

'offering' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'serve the people' is the wordplay.
'serve' becomes 'do' (synonyms).
'the people' becomes 'nation' (nation is a kind of people).
'do'+'nation'='DONATION'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for donation that I've seen before include "An offering or charitable gift" , "presentation" , "present" , "Gift of money as to charity" , "Money given to charity" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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