Definitions

inducement

[in-doos-muhnt, -dyoos-] / ɪnˈdus mənt, -ˈdyus- /

NOUN

incentive, motive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

encouragement stimulus

STRONG

attraction bait carrot cause come-hither come-on con consideration desire hook impulse incitement influence leader lure reward spur temptation twist urge

WEAK

brainwash hard sell snow job soft soap sweet-talk

Antonyms

STRONGEST

discouragement

STRONG

dislike hate repulsion

WEAK

disincentive hindrance prevention

Example Sentences

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TransCanada's proposal was selected by the state government under its Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, which made it eligible for $500 million in state money.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2010

Easy Terms�A Dangerous Inducement For the privilege of driving a record number of new cars out of dealer showrooms this year.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would be a strong Inducement to me to leave domestick Enjoymt, that I might take as great a Share of the Burthen with you as my Shoulders would bear.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

The Death of John Sobieski King of Poland, which happen'd on the 17th of June 1696, was another Inducement to the Emperor to pursue the same Politics.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Which the great man thought would be a strong Inducement to persuade me joyfully to accept of the Kings Employments.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Knox, Robert

Vocabulary lists containing inducement

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