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Grounds for having a coin sent out (8)

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sediment

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'grounds' is the definition.
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'coin sent out' is the wordplay.
'coin' becomes 'dime' (dime is a kind of coin).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dime' placed inside 'sent' is 'SEDIMENT'.

'for having a' is the link.
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(Other definitions for sediment that I've seen before include "Residue" , "I'm nested in mud" , "Remains" , "Lees" , "Material settling out in a liquid" .)

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