Cope with success that's netted Bill a thousand (4,2)

'cope' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'success that's netted bill a thousand' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'bill' could be 'ac' (abbreviation for account) and 'ac' is present in the answer.
'thousand' could be 'k' (synonyms) and 'k' is found in the answer.
'success' could be 'hit' (a hit is a commercial success) and 'hit' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?