One tending to be broke? (8)
I believe the answer is:
indigent
'broke?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'one tending to be' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'to be' indicates an anagram.
'tending' is an anagram of 'ndigent'.
'i'+'ndigent'='INDIGENT'
(Other definitions for indigent that I've seen before include "Badly off" , "Poor and needy" , "Impoverished, destitute" , "Poor enough to need help from others" , "Impoverished -- ending it (anag)" .)