inducement

English

Etymology

From induce +‎ -ment.

Noun

inducement (countable and uncountable, plural inducements)

  1. An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 97:
      Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.
    • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
      These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.
    1. In some contexts, this can imply bribery.[1]
      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.[2](Can we date this quote by {{{2}}} and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
  2. (law) An introductory statement of facts or background information.
  3. (shipping) 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.

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  1. ^ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/clca1935262/s249.html
  2. ^ Richard Stallman's speech in Australian National University on 13 October 2004, Part 2, as seen in this film on video.google.com, circa 40% into the movie. Stallman was talking about Java and flash as inducements for installing non-free software.[dead link]
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