inducement
Syllables: in·duce·ment/ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/
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British/ɪnˈd͡ʒʉwsmənt/
inducement noun: an incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
Noun
inducement (countable and uncountable, plural inducements)
- 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 97
- These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order
- In some contexts, this can imply bribery.
- 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.
inducement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
inducement in Hindi
- an incentive
- प्रलोभन pralobhan
inducement in Tamil
- தூண்டுதல்
inducement in Urdu
- میل, رغبت, ترغیب
inducement in Bengali
- প্ররোচনা, প্রলোভন, উৎসাহ
More languagesFewer languages
- inducement in Malayalam
- നിമിത്തം nimittaṁ
Examples of inducement in a sentence
- Morgan would offer him inducements to use his land more wisely.
- The inducement is that they can buy standing room for half price, without waiting in line.
- We give this hint as an inducement to the wives and as a warning to the dusties.
Forms of inducement
| plural | inducements |
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Origin of inducement
From induce + -ment.
Words formed from inducement
Questions about inducement
- What does inducement mean?
- Inducement means an incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
- What is inducement in Hindi?
- Inducement in Hindi is प्रलोभन (pralobhan). See Inducement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inducement?
- Inducement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inducement?
- Inducement is pronounced /ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of inducement?
- The plural of inducement is inducements.
Words near inducement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inducement (page history and authors); inducement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inducement (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inducement (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); നിമിത്തം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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