Paying one's bills in the village (10)
I believe the answer is:
settlement
This clue might be a double definition.
'paying one's bills' is the first definition.
'settlement' can be an answer for 'paying' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'one's bills' bit.
'village' is the second definition.
(I know that village can be written as settlement)
'in the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for settlement that I've seen before include "Small colony" , "Official agreement" , "Colony - discharge of debt" , "Reservation" , "Colony; agreement" .)