inducement

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

   “Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.”

   “These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.”

2. (countable, uncountable)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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)An introductory statement of facts or background information.
4. (countable, uncountable)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.