Cure present people before time (9)
I believe the answer is:
treatment
'cure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'present people before time' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'treat' (treating is a kind of presenting).
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'treat'+'men'+'t'='TREATMENT'
(Other definitions for treatment that I've seen before include "Cure, remedy" , "Care provided to improve a situation" , "Discussion" , "Medical attention" , "course of drugs" .)