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Happy? Not terribly, though in the money (7)

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I believe the answer is:

content

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'happy?' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)

'not terribly though in the money' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'not' is 'ont' which is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'money' could be 'c' and 'c' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'en' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for content that I've seen before include "Gist" , "Satisfied; volume" , "Satisfied, happy enough" , "substance of book?" , "Elements" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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