Team put in tenant's payment for occupant (8)
I believe the answer is:
resident
'occupant' is the definition.
('resident' can be a synonym of 'occupant')
'team put in tenant's payment' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before).
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'tenant's payment' becomes 'rent' (I've seen this before).
'side' inserted inside 'rent' is 'RESIDENT'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for resident that I've seen before include "settled" , "Permanent dweller" , "Citizen" , "Person living in" , "Local" .)