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inducement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ənˈd͡ʒʉːsmənt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈdusmənt/ General American, Canada, yod-dropping
• /ɪnˈd͡ʒʉwsmənt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ɪnˈd͡ʒʉsmənt/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /ɪnˈdjʉsmənt/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈdɪʊsmənt/ (Wales)
• audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English induce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English inducement From induce + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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:
2. (countable, uncountable) An incentive that helps bring about a desired state. ▸ 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.
3. (countable, uncountable) An introductory statement of facts or background information.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

superinducement

Translations (10)

bg стимул (an incentive) · de Antrieb (an incentive) · hi प्रलोभन (an incentive) · pl asumpt (an incentive) · fi kannustin (an incentive) · fi houkutin (an incentive) · de Anreiz (an incentive) · bg подбуда (an incentive) · de Ansporn (an incentive) · la incitamentum (an incentive)