inducement

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noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

big, massive, powerful, strong | sufficient | extra, further | positive | cash, financial

VERB + INDUCEMENT

offer (sb/sth as), provide (sb/sth as)

The company provided free training as an inducement to attract new employees.

receive

PREP

~ for

The free training course was a strong inducement for people to join the company's graduate program.

~ to

The company offered a salary increase as an inducement to stay with the organization.

Definitions

noun

An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.

These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.

An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

Citation of Richard Stallman ...it won't run on a free platform and (...) your program is actually an inducement for people to install non-free software.

An introductory statement of facts or background information.

The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — act of bringing about a desired result

inducing

noun — a positive motivational influence

incentive
motivator

Antonyms

disincentive
deterrence

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.

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These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.

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Citation of Richard Stallman ...it won't run on a free platform and (...) your program is actually an inducement for people to install non-free software.

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