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Pay one new business more or less? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

income

'pay' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one new business more or less?' is the wordplay.
'one new' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'business' becomes 'co'.
'less?' suggests deleting specific letters.
'more' with 'or' taken out is 'me'.
'in'+'co'+'me'='INCOME'

(Other definitions for income that I've seen before include "See 12" , "Earned or unearned revenue." , "Returns" , "Coin me! (anag)" , "Money coming in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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