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inducement

UK/ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/US/ɪnˈdusmənt/
nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,321 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: inducements

An inducement is something offered to persuade you to act. A financial inducement, offer an inducement, an inducement to stay.

It is neutral in law and suspect in tone, since an inducement to a public official is a bribe under another name. In contract law an inducement is what persuaded somebody to enter the agreement, which matters if it was false.

Definitions of inducement

  1. 1nouninducementSomething offered to persuade you to act.C2

    “The company offered a large bonus as an inducement to stay for another year.”

inducement is an incentive.

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *dewk-

  2. Latin

    indūcō — lead in, bring in, introduce

  3. Middle English

    enducen

  4. English

    induce

  5. English, today

    inducement

Built from

  • dūcō · Latin — lead, conduct

From induce + -ment. induce comes from Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcō (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

inducement in the wild

  • Two types of intrinsic fraud in contract law are fraud in the inducement and fraud in the factum.

    Intrinsic fraud

  • An inducement prize contest (IPC) is a competition that awards a cash prize for the accomplishment of a feat, usually of engineering.

    Inducement prize contest

  • Fraud in the factum is often contrasted with fraud in the inducement.

    Fraud in the factum

  • If Mom signs the deed because of this statement from John, and John tries to enforce the deed, Mom can plead "fraud in the inducement".

    Fraud in the factum

  • Most Americans within the country tend to be based in the capital city of Doha and are largely attracted by the tax-free inducement of the Persian Gulf state.

    Americans in Qatar

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the dūcō family

producerproduce

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