different between occasion vs inducement
occasion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasionem (accusative of occasio), noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cado (“fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: oc?ca?sion
Noun
occasion (countable and uncountable, plural occasions)
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd
- I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd
- The time when something happens.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]
- Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:
- it were too vile to say, and scarce to be beleeved, what we endured: but the occasion was our owne, for want of providence, industrie and government [...].
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:
- (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]
- Need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- after we have served ourselves and our own occasions
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- when my occasions took me into France
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- A special event or function. [from 19th c.]
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Derived terms
- occasional
- on occasion
- rise to the occasion
Translations
Verb
occasion (third-person singular simple present occasions, present participle occasioning, simple past and past participle occasioned)
- (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce
- it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occ?si?nem (accusative of occ?si?). Compare the inherited Old French ochoison, achaison (the latter being influenced by Latin acc?s?ti?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.ka.zj??/
Noun
occasion f (plural occasions)
- occasion, opportunity
- cause
- bargain, good deal
- secondhand or used item
Derived terms
Further reading
- “occasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
occasion From the web:
- what occasion is it today
- what occasionally mean
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- what occasion was the gettysburg address
- what occasion is there for this poem recitation
- what occasionally always never
inducement
English
Etymology
induce +? -ment
Noun
inducement (countable and uncountable, plural inducements)
- An incentive that helps bring about a desired state. In some contexts, this can imply bribery.
- 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.
- (law) An introductory statement of facts or background information.
- (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.
Translations
References
inducement From the web:
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- what inducement means in spanish
- what does inducement mean
- what is inducement in pregnancy
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- what is inducement in law
- what is inducement in research
- what is inducement in insurance
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