Member of coalition receiving nothing to amalgamate? (5)
I believe the answer is:
alloy
'amalgamate?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'member of coalition receiving nothing' is the wordplay.
'member of coalition' becomes 'ally'.
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'ally' placed around 'o' is 'ALLOY'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for alloy that I've seen before include "Devalue" , "Mixed metal" , "temper" , "A mix of two or more metals" , "Mixture of two or more metallic elements" .)