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Reportedly claim small amount of money (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sou

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This could be a double definition.

'reportedly claim' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'small amount of money' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sou that I've seen before include "Former small French coin" , "Defunct French coin" , "Something of little worth" , "Old French small coin" , "almost worthless" .)

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