inducement
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- noun
- /ɪnˈdusmənt/
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inducción
- Aside from the political mileage, the subject matter alone is a powerful inducement helping Chinese students to overcome their normal reticence.
- economic inducement
When you induce someone based on fraud, that is called fraud in the inducement.
- When you induce someone based on fraud, that is called fraud in the inducement.
Examples
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In the current healthcare marketplace, the risks of allowing inducements outweigh the benefits.
Academic text (2017) -
The idea was to pick up stragglers, but the cows needed a little more inducement.
Fiction book (1995) -
As a rule, democratic advancement should be accomplished through the power of example and positive inducement.
Academic text (2003) -
Inducement is the act of seducing somebody to your way of thinking... ...dominating them so completely... ...that what you want is what they want... ...and they love giving it to you... ...and that, ladies, is the key to life, to love, to happiness... ...to peace.
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The promise of a bonus served as an important inducement for employees to meet their sales targets.
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The government provided grants as an inducement for businesses to invest in renewable energy.
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Offering free samples was a clever inducement that encouraged customers to try the new product.
Synonyms
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7.2
A connection where one thing makes another thing happen
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5.7
A step that makes something start, often at the beginning
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5.8
An act that makes something happen, often a change in the body like labor or sleep
Making something happen or putting plans into action
Getting information or a reaction from people by asking questions
Antonyms
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6.6
Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
Compounds
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inducement comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead'. So it originally meant 'to lead into', which helps you remember that an inducement can be the act of causing or bringing about a result.