A place to meet on the way (6)
I believe the answer is:
avenue
'way' is the definition.
(avenue is a kind of way)
'a place to meet on' is the wordplay.
'place to meet' becomes 'venue' (I've seen this before).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'a'+'venue'='AVENUE'
'the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for avenue that I've seen before include "Tee-lined road" , "Broad road or street, often with trees" , "Wide and handsome street" , "Wide (tree-lined) street" , "A wide street or access route" .)