Inducement \In*duce"ment\, n. [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) 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}.
Mr. Parker noted in his letter that "there is a risk that the payment may be reduced or eliminated entirely by the assessor," since the transaction had to be aided by the inducement to Hongkong Bank.
Some inducement is needed to persuade foreign investors to finance the trade gap.
Lantos said Gilliam was receiving no inducement, such as a reduction in sentence, to testify.
The Hindustan Times Weekly in New Delhi runs matrimonial ads listing the degree as either a requirement or an inducement.
As an inducement for Noriega to go along with Gonzalez's plan, he would be allowed to retire in Panama, thus evading possible extradition to the United States, where he faces drug smuggling charges.
An added inducement: a debtor country's willingness to grant to creditors the right to swap the debt instruments for equity participations.
The absence of a choice between this "free" day-care service and, for example, a tax rebate equal to the cost of this service certainly affords a financial inducement to shift responsibility for the care of children from the family to the state.
The suit says that Ms. Brandwynne at the time was earning $150,000 a year and that as an inducement, Mr. Cotsen promised to give her as partial compensation a like amount of Neutrogena stock each year.
Mr. Brady suggests a veto threat might give "an inducement to Congress to irresponsibly put this on the president's desk," forcing the president to either sign it or veto a politically popular measure.
And as an inducement to attract professionals and contractors to Labuan, accounting and law firms, as well as construction companies, would have only 50% of their profits subject to Malaysia's 35% corporate-tax rate for the next five years.
Enforcers pay special attention to operators using sweepstakes prizes as an additional inducement to give.
The inducement held out to Central American nations "in return for their military support for the resistance was, in part, CIA covert support," Sullivan said Tuesday in a court filing.
The need for someone to debate the Rev. Jackson head-on should be an added inducement.
The United States has offered to fly Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to exile as an inducement to get him to leave that troubled country, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Retail investors will be offered an inducement to buy shares.
It says Maclean's magazine offers free copies of the special issue as an inducement to new subscribers and offers discounts to advertisers in the special issue who also buy space in regular issues that contain Olympic coverage.
The inducement it provides to states to shift their tax base is clear: Income taxes paid to them remain fully deductible on federal forms.
Bergman noted the popular rabbi offered personal blessings as an inducement to volunteers who canvassed towns in vans, handing out literature and putting up posters.
Mason said the possibility an aborted fetus could have medical benefits for others would provide a "powerful inducement" and an "additional rationalization" for a woman agonizing over whether to abort her pregnancy.
Companies could issue bonds that paid interest of only a fraction of 1%, by attaching equity warrants as an inducement.
Raising the tax on capital gains blunts the inducement for undertaking these ventures in the first place."
The only inducement it wants to offer Saddam Hussein is that the U.S.-led coalition arrayed against him won't attack Iraq if he withdraws from Kuwait.