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inurement

inurement noun: custom, habituation; normal practice.

Noun

inurement (countable and uncountable, plural inurements)

  1. Custom, habituation; normal practice.
  2. Benefit.
    • Near-synonym: emolument
    • In the US, the 501(c)(3) prohibition against "private inurement" within non-profit entities means that individuals within that organization may not receive excessive compensation or benefit from their employment or association, because such arrangements would contravene the supposed mission of the...
    Synonyms:
    emolument
  3. In patent law, the doctrine that the work done by a person hired by an inventor to test a conception supports the right of that inventor to the resulting invention.

Synonyms of inurement

Forms of inurement

pluralinurements

Origin of inurement

From inure + -ment.

Questions about inurement

What does inurement mean?
Inurement means custom, habituation; normal practice.
What part of speech is inurement?
Inurement is a noun.
What is the plural of inurement?
The plural of inurement is inurements.

Words near inurement in the dictionary

  1. inurbanities
  2. inurbanity
  3. inure
  4. inured
  5. inuredness
  6. inurement
  7. inurements
  8. inures
  9. inureth
  10. inuring
  11. inurn

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