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in·duce·ment

(ĭn-do͞os′mənt, -dyo͞os′-)

1. Something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive: tax breaks intended as an inducement to greater reinvestment.

2. The act or process of inducing: the inducement of sleep.

3. Law Misrepresentation that leads a person to enter into a contract or transaction with a false understanding of the risks and obligations: fraud in the inducement.

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inducement

(ɪnˈdjuːsmənt)

1. the act of inducing

2. a means of inducing; persuasion; incentive

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

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in•duce•ment

(ɪnˈdus mənt, -ˈdyus-)

n.

1. something that induces or persuades; incentive.

2. the act of inducing.

3. the state of being induced.

[1585–95]

syn: See motive.

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Noun	1.	inducement - a positive motivational influence incentive, motivator rational motive - a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument dynamic, moral force - an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches"
	2.	inducement - act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep" inducing causation, causing - the act of causing something to happen corruption - inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

inducement

noun incentive, motive, cause, influence, reward, come-on (informal), spur, consideration, attraction, lure, bait, carrot (informal), encouragement, impulse, stimulus, incitement, clarion call They offer every inducement to encourage investment.

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inducement

noun

1. Something that causes and encourages a given response:

encouragement, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, motivation, prod, push, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulus.

2. Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward:

allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, seduction, temptation.

Translations

incentivo stimolo

inducement

[ɪnˈdjuːsmənt] N

1. (= incentive) → incentivo m, aliciente m
to hold out sth to sb as an inducement → ofrecer algo a algn como aliciente
it's no inducement to work harder → no supone ningún incentivo or aliciente para trabajar más

2. (Med) [of birth] → inducción f

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inducement

[ɪnˈdjuːsmənt] n

(= incentive) → attrait m
to offer an inducement → offrir un attrait
financial inducement → incitation f financière
an inducement to do sth → un encouragement à faire qch

(pejorative) (= bribe) → pot-de-vin m

(= stimulus) an inducement to sth → une incitation à qch

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inducement

(no pl: = persuasion) → Überredung f; (= motive, incentive) → Anreiz m, → Ansporn m no pl; to offer inducements → Anreize bieten; cash/financial inducements → finanzielle Anreize pl

= induction b

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inducement

[ɪnˈdjuːsmənt] n (incentive) → incentivo

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I will only say farther that from what passed that evening my opinion of all parties was confirmed, and every inducement heightened which could have led me before to preserve my friend from what I esteemed a most unhappy connection.

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Should we for this purpose be induced to retrace our steps, we should run no small chance of encountering the natives, who in that case, if they did nothing worse to us, would be certain to convey us back to the ship for the sake of the reward in calico and trinkets, which we had no doubt our skipper would hold out to them as an inducement to our capture.

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"With you, it is not, How is such a one likely to be influenced, What is the inducement most likely to act upon such a person's feelings, age, situation, and probable habits of life considered -- but, How should I be influenced, What would be my inducement in acting so and so?"

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A fourth and still more important consideration is, that as almost every State will, on one side or other, be a frontier, and will thus find, in regard to its safety, an inducement to make some sacrifices for the sake of the general protection; so the States which lie at the greatest distance from the heart of the Union, and which, of course, may partake least of the ordinary circulation of its benefits, will be at the same time immediately contiguous to foreign nations, and will consequently stand, on particular occasions, in greatest need of its strength and resources.

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He acknowledged no such inducement, and his sister ought to have given him credit for better feelings than her own.