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General and relative time (5)

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I believe the answer is:

grant

'general' is the definition.
(I know this)

'relative time' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'gran' (I've seen this before).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'gran'+'t'='GRANT'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for grant that I've seen before include "Make" , "19th century president" , "former president" , "Monetary aid" , "Bestow; bursary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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