One Frenchman with wine to buy in (6)
I believe the answer is:
import
'buy in' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'one frenchman with wine' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'frenchman' becomes 'm' (abbreviation for Monsieur - like 'Mr').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wine' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of wine).
'i'+'m'+'port'='IMPORT'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for import that I've seen before include "Convey" , "Meaning - bring goods into the country" , "Meaning - something from abroad" , "introduce" , "Item from abroad" .)