Cryptic crossword clue
Profits secure in good transactions 11

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word PROCEEDINGS

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The straight part
We know that "transactions" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case transactions = proceedings.
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What does PROCEEDINGS mean?

PROCEEDINGS noun
  1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
  2. An event or happening; something that happens
  3. (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
  4. Progress or movement from one thing to another.
  5. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction
  6. Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
PROCEEDINGS noun
  1. The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
  2. The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.

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