inducement
An offer or benefit that makes someone want to do something.
Something offered or used to persuade someone to do something, especially a benefit such as money, a discount, or special terms.
The process of making something happen.
The act or process of inducing something to happen; the fact of bringing about a result.
In law, encouragement that leads someone to do something illegal or wrong.
In law, an act of persuading, encouraging, or pressuring someone to do something unlawful or to break a legal duty, such as a contract.
- Base: inducement
- Plural: inducement, inducements
as an inducement
1used to mean “as an incentive”
Meaning “as something to encourage someone.”
- They offered an extra week of vacation as an inducement to stay.
- A free trial was included as an inducement for new customers.
- They gave a gift as an inducement to buy.
financial inducement
1money offered to persuade
Money offered to make someone agree or act.
- The firm offered a financial inducement to attract experienced engineers.
- Regulators questioned whether the financial inducement influenced the decision unfairly.
- They offered a financial inducement to hire her.
fraudulent inducement
1deception that leads to agreement
In law, being tricked into agreeing to something.
- The buyer sued for fraudulent inducement, arguing that sales figures were falsified.
- The judge allowed the fraudulent inducement claim to proceed to trial.
inducement to breach (a contract)
1encouraging contract-breaking
In law, encouraging someone to break a contract.
- The competitor was accused of inducement to breach the supplier agreement.
- The court found no inducement to breach because the contract had already ended.
tax inducement
1tax benefit to encourage behavior
A tax benefit that encourages people or companies to do something.
- The city introduced a tax inducement for companies that build affordable housing.
- Tax inducements can encourage foreign investment in developing regions.
- The government offered a tax inducement to create jobs.