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inducement

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Etymology

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From induce +‎ -ment.

Noun

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inducement (countable and uncountable, plural inducements)

  1. An incentive that helps bring about a desired state. In some contexts, this can imply bribery.[1]
    Citation of Richard Stallman ...it won't run on a free platform and (...) your program is actually an inducement for people to install non-free software.[2]
    • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
      These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.
  2. (law) An introductory statement of facts or background information.
  3. (shipping) The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

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  1. ^ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/clca1935262/s249.html
  2. ^ Richard Stallman's speech in Australian National University on 13 October 2004, Part 2, as seen in this film on video.google.com, circa 40% into the movie. Stallman was talking about Java and flash as inducements for installing non-free software.[dead link]
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