Pass oriental drinks for a quarter (6)
I believe the answer is:
elapse
'pass' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'oriental drinks for a quarter' is the wordplay.
'oriental' becomes 'e'.
'drinks' becomes 'laps' (lapping is a kind of drinking**).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a quarter' becomes 'e'.
'e'+'laps'+'e'='ELAPSE'
(Other definitions for elapse that I've seen before include "'Pass by, as time (6)'" , "Of time, pass by - please" , "Go by - pass away" , "Glide by" , "Slip away" .)