Social standing (6)
'social standing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for status that I've seen before include "Importance (in society?)" , "Place in society" , "Social position or grade" , "High rank or prestige" , "Position in organisation or in society" .)
(Other definitions for repute that I've seen before include "State of high regard" , "Up tree (anag)" , "High estimation; fame" , "What is generally believed about a person" , "credit" .)
(Other definitions for class that I've seen before include "First-rate" , "Lesson; social division" , "High-quality" , "Kind" , "seminar" .)
'social standing' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for caste that I've seen before include "Level in society" , "Hereditary class (in India)" , "Hereditary Hindu social division" , "Large, long-necked, wading bird" , "Social position" .)