Shares in reputation (6)
I believe the answer is:
stocks
'shares in reputation' is the definition.
'stocks' can be an answer for 'shares' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'in reputation' bit.
'shares in reputation' is the wordplay.
'shares' becomes 'stock'.
'in reputation' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'stock'+'s'='STOCKS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stocks that I've seen before include "Fragrant flowers; shares" , "Reserves and inventories" , "Village greens used to have these" , "Amounts of goods kept by traders" , "bloomers" .)