Cunning notaries getting money as bonds (9)
I believe the answer is:
relations
'bonds' is the definition.
(as in relations or bonds between people)
'cunning notaries getting money' is the wordplay.
'cunning' indicates an anagram.
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'money' becomes 'l' (L can mean 'pounds').
'notaries'+'l'='notariesl'
'notariesl' with letters rearranged gives 'RELATIONS'.
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for relations that I've seen before include "kindred?" , "granny and grandad, perhaps?" , "accounts" , "People connected by blood or marriage" , "kinsfolk" .)