Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Inducement

Inducement , noun

[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. — Shakespeare
3.
(Law) Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.