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Last of the money given to father? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

pay

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'last of the money given to father?' is the definition.
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'last of the money given to father?' is the wordplay.
'last of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'given to' says to put letters next to each other.
'father?' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
The last letter of 'money' is 'y'.
'y' after 'pa' is 'PAY'.

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(Other definitions for pay that I've seen before include "Screw" , "Give money in exchange for goods or services" , "Remunerate" , "Profit" , "Reward for work" .)

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