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Definition of Inducement

1. Noun. A positive motivational influence.

2. Noun. Act of bringing about a desired result. "Inducement of sleep"

Definition of Inducement

1. n. The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.

Definition of Inducement

1. Noun. An incentive that helps bring about a desired state. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) An introductory statement of facts or background information. ¹

3. Noun. (shipping) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inducement

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inducement

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induced psychotic disorder induced radioactivity induced sensitivity induced symptom induced trance inducement (current term) inducements inducer inducer cell inducers

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Literary usage of Inducement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Accumulation of present means needs an inducement, — Sec. 2. ... Cases where the inducement needs to be slight, 21 — Sec. 3. Cases where a return is sought. ..."

2. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Personal Actions by William Tidd, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1817)
"Matter of inducement therefore, or conveyance to the action, a mere suggestion, ... Every tr.ave.rse ought to haye a proper inducement; and if that be bad, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Samuel Williston (1895)
"Less particularity is necessary in the statement of matter of inducement or aggravation, than in the main allegations. (I) This rule is exemplified in the ..."

4. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings: In All the by William Wait (1873)
"Matters of inducement. In addition to the formal commencement of pleadings, as above noticed, it may be necessary to prefix to the statement of facts which ..."

5. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"If the accumulation of a surplus were in no way irksome, the^supply of present means or savings would increase rapidly and indefinitely under the inducement ..."

6. The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck, Rufus Daniel Smith (1922)
"Immediate inducement of Immigration In the large majority of cases, doubtless, the immediate inducement to the emigrants to leave home and sail for America ..."

7. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1851)
"... IS NOT EVER THE MOST PROBABLE inducement, ... accidental and presumptive inducement, and a mere ..."

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