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One business that's picking up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taxi

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'up' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'one business that's picking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tax' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for taxi that I've seen before include "Transport for hire" , "Rank occupant" , "I hail you!" , "move on ground before take-off" , "At airport, guide" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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