Compel business to make 2,000 redundant (6)
I believe the answer is:
coerce
'compel' is the definition.
(I know that coerce is a type of compel)
'business to make 2000 redundant' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'business' could be 'co' (short for company) and 'co' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coerce that I've seen before include "'Force, pressurise (6)'" , "Force, pressure" , "Forcibly compel" , "Force (someone) to do something" , "Persuade (the unwilling) by force" .)