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Women tend to get fixed income (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

endowment

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'fixed income' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'women tend to' is the wordplay.
'women tend' anagrams to 'ENDOWMENT'.
Though, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.

'get' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for endowment that I've seen before include "Grant" , "A bequest of funding" , "source of income" , "(Income from) testamentary provision" , "Personal quality - type of mortgage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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