Inducement

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  • noun. Something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive.
  • noun. The act or process of inducing.
  • noun. Misrepresentation that leads a person to enter into a contract or transaction with a false understanding of the risks and obligations.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which induces; anything that leads the mind to will or to act; that which influences one's conduct; motive; incentive.
  • noun. A preamble, preface, or introductory explanation; an induction. See induction, n., 4.
  • noun. In law, a statement which leads to the main statement; facts and circumstances stated by way of preliminary to show out of what the act or transaction directly in question arose.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.
  • noun. That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act.
  • noun. Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
  • noun. An introductory statement of facts or background information.
  • noun. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a positive motivational influence
  • noun. act of bringing about a desired result
  • Word Usage
    "Another way of putting it is that in selecting a glass company for an insurance-covered repair, the consumer is acting as an agent for the insurance company, and as such an agent the consumer is taking a monetary inducement from a particular vendor to throw business to that vendor."
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