Some meant to work outside the home (9)
I believe the answer is:
apartment
'home' is the definition.
'some meant to work outside' is the wordplay.
'some' becomes 'part' (only part of something).
'to work' is an anagram indicator (letters worked into a new order).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters go outside others).
'meant' is an anagram of 'ament'.
'part' going inside 'ament' is 'APARTMENT'.
'the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for apartment that I've seen before include "Accommodation" , "place to live" , "Set of rooms or American flat" , "pad" , "Flat (chiefly US)" .)