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inducement

N การชักนำ  การโน้มน้าว  การจูงใจ  lure encouragement kan-chak-chuan

 

inducement

N สิ่งจูงใจ  เครื่อง จูงใจ  อามิสสินจ้าง  incentive stimulus sing-jung-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDUCEMENT

n.Motive; any thing that leads the mind to will or to act; any argument, reason or fact that tends to persuade or influence the mind. The love of ease is an inducement to idleness. The love of money is an inducement to industry in good men, and to the perpetration of crimes in the bad.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDUCEMENT

In *duce "ment, n. Etym: [From Induce. ]

 

1. The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.

 

2. That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil. "Mark the inducement. " Shak.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inducement

in duce ment |inˈd (y )o͞osmənt ɪnˈd (j )usmənt | noun a thing that persuades or influences someone to do something: companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements | [ with infinitive ] : there is no inducement to wait for payment. a bribe. Law introductory statements in a pleading explaining the matter in dispute.

 

Oxford Dictionary

inducement

in ¦duce |ment |ɪnˈdjuːsm (ə )nt | noun a thing that persuades or leads someone to do something: companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements | [ mass noun ] [ with infinitive ] : there is no inducement to wait for payment. a bribe.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inducement

inducement noun customers responded best to such inducements as rebates and low interest rates: incentive, encouragement, attraction, temptation, stimulus, bait, lure, pull, draw, spur, goad, impetus, motive, motivation, provocation; bribe, reward; informal carrot, come-on, sweetener. ANTONYMS deterrent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inducement

inducement noun shopkeepers began offering free gifts as an inducement to trade: incentive, attraction, encouragement, temptation, incitement, stimulation, stimulus, bait, lure, pull, draw, spur, goad, impetus, motive, motivation, provocation; bribe, reward; informal carrot, come-on, sweetener, perk; rare douceur. ANTONYMS deterrent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inducement

in d ce ment 名詞 U C «…する » 誘因, 動機, 刺激 (incentive ) «to do » ; わいろ .