A receptacle holding small article for liqueur (8)
I believe the answer is:
absinthe
'liqueur' is the definition.
(absinthe is a kind of liqueur)
'a receptacle holding small article' is the wordplay.
'receptacle' becomes 'bin' (I've seen this before).
'holding' is an insertion indicator.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech**).
'bin' enclosing 's' is 'bsin'.
'a'+'bsin'+'the'='ABSINTHE'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for absinthe that I've seen before include "Bathes in strong liquour, strangely" , "Liqueur - the basin (anag)" , "Potent green gin-type liquor - wormwood" , "Aniseed-flavoured liqueur" , "Potent aniseed-flavoured drink" .)