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Small account sent over Henry means to pay (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cash

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'to pay' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'small account sent over henry' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'sent over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'henry' becomes 'H' (symbol for the unit of electrical inductance).
's'+'ac'='sac'
'sac' backwards is 'cas'.
'cas'+'h'='CASH'

'means' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for cash that I've seen before include ""Readies"" , "Brass" , "bread" , "Money in the form of notes and coins" , "Hard currency" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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