inducement

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=duce=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

inducement, n. [From Induce.].

•  The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Motive; reason; influence. See Motive.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inducement, n.
1 (often foll. by to) an attraction that leads one on.
2 a thing that induces.

THESAURUS

inducement

Trinkgeld, agacerie, allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, bait, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, blandishment, bonus, bounty, bribe, cajolement, cajolery, captivation, carrot, charisma, charm, charmingness, coaxing, come-hither, come-on, conning, consideration, donative, double time, enchantment, encouragement, engagement, enlistment, enthrallment, enticement, entrapment, exhortation, fascination, fee, fillip, flirtation, forbidden fruit, glamour, gratuity, gravy, grease, honorarium, hortation, incentive, incentive pay, incitement, interest, inveiglement, invitation, jawboning, lagniappe, largess, liberality, lobbying, lure, magnetism, palm oil, payment, percentage, perks, perquisite, persuasion, persuasive, pourboire, preaching, preachment, premium, profit, provocation, reward, sales talk, salesmanship, salve, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, selling, sex appeal, snaring, snow job, soft soap, solicitation, something extra, sportula, spur, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, suasion, sweet talk, sweetener, sweetening, tantalization, temptation, tip, wheedling, whet, winning ways, winsomeness, witchery, wooing, working on

ROGET THESAURUS

inducement

Motive

N motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action, reason, ground, call, principle, by end, by purpose, mainspring, primum mobile, keystone, the why and the wherefore, pro and con, reason why, secret motive, arriere pensee, intention, inducement, consideration, attraction, loadstone, magnet, magnetism, magnetic force, allectation, allective, temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery, bewitchment, bewitchery, charm, spell, fascination, blandishment, cajolery, seduction, seducement, honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple, persuasibility, persuasibleness, attractability, impressibility, susceptibility, softness, persuasiveness, attractiveness, tantalization, influence, prompting, dictate, instance, impulse, impulsion, incitement, incitation, press, instigation, provocation, inspiration, persuasion, suasion, encouragement, advocacy, exhortation, advice, solicitation, lobbyism, pull, incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus, rowel, provocative, whet, dram, bribe, lure, decoy, decoy duck, bait, trail of a red herring, bribery and corruption, sop, sop for Cerberus, prompter, tempter, seducer, seductor, instigator, firebrand, incendiary, Siren, Circe, agent provocateur, lobbyist, impulsive, motive, suasive, suasory, persuasive, persuasory, hortative, hortatory, protreptical, inviting, tempting suasive, suasory, seductive, attractive, fascinating, provocative, induced, disposed, persuadable, spellbound, instinct with, smitten with, infatuated, inspired, by, because, therefore, from this motive, from that motive, for this reason, for that reason, for, by reason of, for the sake of, count of, out of, from, as, forasmuch as, for all the world, on principle, fax mentis incendium gloriae, temptation hath a music for all ears, to beguile many and be beguiled by one.