Transfer around one thousand, counted in tens (7)
I believe the answer is:
decimal
'counted in tens' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can sometimes mean the same thing.
'transfer around one thousand' is the wordplay.
'transfer' becomes 'decal' (design transferred onto a surface).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'thousand' becomes 'm' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'i'+'m'='im'
'decal' going around 'im' is 'DECIMAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for decimal that I've seen before include "fraction" , "Medical (anag.)" , "(System) based on tens" , "Relating to ten" , "Claimed, wrongly, to have this currency" .)