Reportedly bring in vessel (3)
I believe the answer is:
urn
'vessel' is the definition.
(urn is a type of container)
'reportedly bring in' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'bring in' becomes 'earn' (as in bringing in money).
'earn' sounds like 'URN'.
(Other definitions for urn that I've seen before include "A large vase as for human ashes" , "Run to get funeral vase" , "Large vase for holding ashes of dead person" , "tea maker" , "Run to get Greek vase" .)