The way to have very little money by the end of the month (5)
I believe the answer is:
south
'the way' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'very little money by the end of the month' is the wordplay.
'very little money' becomes 'sou' (sou can mean a small amount of money).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'end of the' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'month' is 'h'.
'sou'+'t'+'h'='SOUTH'
'to have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for south that I've seen before include "1949 musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, made into a film in 1958" , "Compass point" , "Down on a map" , "Direction to the right of sunrise" , "Cardinal point" .)