Business of putting beer into a vessel (5)
I believe the answer is:
sales
'business of putting beer into a vessel' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'beer into a vessel' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'a vessel' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'ale' placed within 'ss' is 'SALES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sales that I've seen before include "Marketing" , "Periods when shops offer goods at reduced prices" , "Income received for goods and services over a given period" , "Cheap offer periods" , "Business department - retail events" .)