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Present banking pass for bank (8)

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I believe the answer is:

gradient

'bank' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'present banking pass' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'grant' (granting is a kind of presenting).
'banking' indicates putting letters inside.
'pass' becomes 'die' (as in passing away).
'grant' going around 'die' is 'GRADIENT'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gradient that I've seen before include "Angle of slope" , "Degree of slope in a road" , "Third OT book" , "Level of steepness" , "Measure of slope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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