Possible Clues:

• Lay out trendy waistcoat
• Stockbroker's advice
• Make a purchase, having lost one's shirt?
• Contribute money in hope of a return
• Become part-owner
• How chap who's lost his shirt may be seen to speculate?
• Buy bonds, perhaps
• Devote, as time
• What label will do w/money for hot band
• Lay out bread occupying church room, having cut lines