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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-doos-muhnt, -dyoos-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdus mənt, -ˈdyus-



Definition of inducement

Origin :
  • 1590s, "that which induces," from induce + -ment.
  • noun incentive, motive
Example sentences :
  • How are they to employ the day, or what inducement have they to employ it, in recruiting their stock of health?
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • They may walk, to be sure, but it is exactly the inducement to walk that they require.
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • The customer must have some inducement to bring in your rental battery and get his own.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The inducement of the throne of Naples had been held out to Marchese di Pescara.
  • Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
  • Newspaper men used every inducement to get interviews from him.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • "Give me that inducement, and I'll change them on the spot," said the Colonel.
  • Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore
  • I cannot conceive of any inducement which could entice me to make another voyage in her.
  • Extract from : « The Upper Berth » by Francis Marion Crawford
  • "That's no inducement; but I'll join you," replied Hillard cheerfully.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • Does not America offer any inducement for men to settle here?
  • Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau
  • For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest.
  • Extract from : « America First » by Various

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