The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BANKING
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More clues leading to the result BANKING
- Outlaw leader revealing career in financial sector
- Possible republican slogan in the finance industry
- Being inclined to disallow ruler’s financial activity?
- Eject top man from a troublesome sector of the economy?
- Relying on support to end Monarchy
- Prohibit monarch dealing in money
- Financial ink flowing in boom
- Depositing anti-monarchist slogan?
- Exclude sovereign in finance
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The straight part
We know that "the finance industry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the finance industry = banking.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BANKING mean?
BANKING verb- To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
- To put into a bank.
- To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
- To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
- To pass by the banks of.
- To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
- (order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
- The business of managing a bank.
- The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
- A horizontal turn.
- A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
- The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.