inducement.

Something offered or presented to persuade someone to take an action.

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Words that belong together

• financial inducement
• offer an inducement

On the page

The tax reduction was intended as an inducement to invest.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular inducement; plural inducements. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.