inducement
10
6.3
- noun
- /ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/
:
incentivo
- The promise of a bonus served as a strong inducement for employees to meet their sales targets.
- offering inducements
- economic inducements
- financial inducements
We're we're giving them the wrong inducements and giving them a false principle to work by.
- We're we're giving them the wrong inducements and giving them a false principle to work by.
- The The thing is there is a willingness to deal with Israeli non compliance as an issue of persuasion and rewards and positive inducements.
Examples
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The truth is, your client funded this trip as an inducement for the senator to withdraw his bill.
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In any event, progressive policy has appeared overall to be a very considerable inducement to economic growth.
Academic text (2017) -
An additional inducement will ensure this.
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The only inducement to make the trip was to see John Milton.
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How can I resist an inducement like this?
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For many governments, a bad report card can serve as an inducement to reform.
Academic text (2003) -
So the government offered inducements for people to join what they called "development groups."
Fiction book (2001) -
The most effective economic inducement with respect to assimilation is participation in the dominant economy.
Academic text (2002) -
Leaders also offer economic inducements to increase the number of people who assimilate into the dominant culture.
Academic text (2002) -
Reyes had offered them the captain's cabin as inducement for signing on.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
439
3.9
A thing that makes a person want to do something, often a reward
348
2.7
A reason or desire that makes someone want to do something
45
3.6
Getting someone to do or believe something by giving reasons
40
3.2
A behavior that makes bad or dangerous things likely
35
4.0
A person or thing that makes people want to do something
28
4.1
Something that makes someone more interested or active
23
3.9
A strong request or feeling that pushes someone to act
8
6.2
Something that attracts someone by offering a reward or pleasure
1
9.9
Getting someone to do or believe something by talking and giving reasons
1
7.4
Something that urges someone to act, often by provoking or challenging them
1
3.8
Encouraging someone to do something by suggesting it
1
8.6
An action or speech that urges people to do something, often in a harmful way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inducement comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead'. That image of 'leading into' helps: an inducement is something that 'leads' a person to act, so it now often means a motive or incentive.