inducement

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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
An introductory statement of facts or background information
An incentive that helps bring about a desired state

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.Richard Stallmans speech in Australian National University 13 October 2004 Part 2, as seen in on video.google.com, circa 40% into the movie. Stallman was talking about Java and flash as inducements for installing non-free software.

The act of inducing, or the state of being induced
a positive motivational influence
Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to
{i} act of inducing; something which persuades or motivates, incentive, encouragement
If someone is offered an inducement to do something, they are given or promised gifts or benefits in order to persuade them to do it. They offer every inducement to foreign businesses to invest in their states = incentive. a reason for doing something, especially something that you will get as a result inducement to do sth
act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep
That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil
act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep"
inducement to break a contract
causing a person to break his contract with a third party
ınducement
{n} a motive, incitement, bait, trap
fraud in the inducement
misleading someone about the true facts
fraud in the inducement
fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e
inducements
plural of inducement
inducement
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