We lay off in exchange for a drink (6,5)
I believe the answer is:
barley water
'a drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'we lay off in exchange' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'exchange' becomes 'barter' (barter is a kind of exchange).
'we'+'lay'='welay'
'welay' anagrammed gives 'leywa'.
'leywa' inserted into 'barter' is 'BARLEY-WATER'.
'for' is the link.
(Another definition for barley water that I've seen is " Fruit-flavoured grain-based drink".)
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