Provide the money to get salary increased (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
pay up
'provide' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'money to get salary increased' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'money' could be 'pay' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pay' is found within the answer.
'increased' could be 'up' (something that's up has increased or risen) and 'up' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pay up that I've seen before include "Discharge a debt" , "Give me the money!" , "Settle" , "Hand over the money" .)