Women tend to generate legacy (9)
I believe the answer is:
endowment
'legacy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'women tend to generate' is the wordplay.
'to generate' indicates anagramming the letters.
'women'+'tend'='womentend'
'womentend' is an anagram of 'ENDOWMENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for endowment that I've seen before include "Personal quality - type of mortgage" , "Grant" , "one's landed with?" , "(Income from) testamentary provision" , "Natural talent -- won't emend (anag)" .)