Put up the money and account for work to be done (7)
I believe the answer is:
backlog
'put up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'account for work to be done' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'log'.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'work to be done' becomes 'back' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'log' after 'back' is 'BACKLOG'.
'the money and' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for backlog that I've seen before include "amount piled in in-tray" , "that hasn't had the attention it should" , "Work outstanding" , "Accumulation (of work) to be dealt with" , "Quantity of work still to be done" .)