Get money from, quietly, with thanks (3)
I believe the answer is:
tap
'get' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'money from quietly with thanks' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'p'.
'from' suggests deleting specific letters.
'quietly' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'thanks' becomes 'ta' (UK informal version of 'thank you').
'pp' put after 'ta' is 'tapp'.
'tapp' with 'p' taken out is 'TAP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tap that I've seen before include "that's less hard than 11 [BASH] or 22 [BATTER]" , "Gentle stroke" , "Thread cutter; strike" , "Draw upon Pat" , "Knock lightly; a valve" .)