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Get garage rebuilt for a sum (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aggregate

'a sum' is the definition.
(aggregate is a kind of sum)

'get garage rebuilt' is the wordplay.
'rebuilt' indicates an anagram.
'get'+'garage'='getgarage'
'getgarage' with letters rearranged gives 'AGGREGATE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for aggregate that I've seen before include "A whole formed by combining several elements" , "Accumulate into total" , "Sum of many heterogenous things taken together" , "Material to make concrete, mortar, or plaster" , "All - broken stone put in cement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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