inducement
Example Sentences
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No inducement, it seems, can get him to do this, but Sophocles finds a way to persuade him to go.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
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
Billionaire Bill Ackman has an interesting inducement to get investors to buy a new U.S. closed-end equity fund, but whether it will be enough to attract a sizable number of investors remains to be seen.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
That included a conviction in 2010 for compensation or inducement for referral of clients who went to preferred medical providers to run up high bills.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024
Mr. Wickham’s chief object was unquestionably my sister’s fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing inducement
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The Hunger Games
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