Put up with painter’s charges (5)
I believe the answer is:
rates
'charges' is the definition.
(rate is a kind of charge)
'put up with painter's' is the wordplay.
'put' becomes 'set' (both can mean to place or position).
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'painter' becomes 'RA' (member of the Royal Academy of Arts).
'set' back-to-front is 'tes'.
'tes' put after 'ra' is 'RATES'.
(Other definitions for rates that I've seen before include "Evaluates the importance (of something)" , "lectures" , "degrees" , "Former means of local revenue" , "(Old) property taxes" .)