inducement

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Special housing, whether on a military base, in a palace or sequestered in a guarded compound, is one such reward and inducement.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Bill Ackman is offering an innovative inducement to get investors to buy a new U.S. closed-end equity fund.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Ultimately, one suspects Perkins views Liz’s dilemma as little more than an excuse to construct a fun exercise in nightmare inducement that possesses the same craftsmanship that Malcolm clearly put into his swanky cabin.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Low interest rates can be an inducement for fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

My father added as an inducement the fact that I was only fifteen years old.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou