Legacy - the woman gets it on time (8)
I believe the answer is:
heritage
'legacy' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'woman gets it on time' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'her'+'it'+'age'='HERITAGE'
'the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for heritage that I've seen before include "That which is passed down by tradition" , "Received culture and background" , "Valued survivals from the past" , "Our historic legacy" , "Birth-related condition" .)