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

Ackman plans a new closed-end fund, Pershing Square USA, offering management company equity as inducement, after a failed 2024 attempt.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

It isn’t an inducement to action, much less an expression of collective political will, but an act of surrender.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 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

I passed up the street, looking as I went at all the houses to the right hand and to the left; but I could discover no pretext, nor see an inducement to enter any.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë