inducement

[ in-doos-muhnt, -dyoos- ]

/ ɪnˈdus mənt, -ˈdyus- /

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noun

the act of inducing.

the state of being induced.

something that induces, motivates, or persuades; incentive.

Nearby words

induced emission, induced enzyme, induced hypotension, induced radioactivity, induced reaction, inducement, inducer, inducible enzyme, induct, inductance, inductee

Origin of inducement

First recorded in 1585–95; induce + -ment

SYNONYMS FOR inducement

3 stimulus, spur, incitement; attraction, lure.

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Related forms

pre·in·duce·ment, nounre·in·duce·ment, noun

Synonym study

3. See motive.

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Examples from the Web for inducement

So the billion-dollar question is: How do they accomplish this feat of inducement?
Questions for Obama's Car Czar|Edward Jay Epstein|April 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
There was fraud in the inducement, fraud in the conveyance, and fraud in the ratings process.
The Geithner Plan Won't Work|James K. Galbraith|March 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Pure compassion for those two poor children was her only inducement.
Lover or Friend|Rosa Nouchette Carey
I would neither give it up nor live it again under any inducement, and yet all that I lost was some twenty yards off my drive!
The Man in Lower Ten|Mary Roberts Rinehart

Oftentimes the merchants of the town in which the institute is held offer premiums as an inducement to the farmers.
Chapters in Rural Progress|Kenyon L. Butterfield
In vain was he offered a share in the partition of the Netherlands by way of an inducement.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various
It was still more encouraging that he had determined to save money, and had an inducement to do so.
Ben, the Luggage Boy;|Horatio Alger

British Dictionary definitions for inducement

inducement

/ (ɪnˈdjuːsmənt) /

noun

the act of inducing

a means of inducing; persuasion; incentive

law (in pleading) the introductory part that leads up to and explains the matter in dispute

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