Getting into the family business was a natural move for Whitney Houston, even though her mother ensured her she could always take other options. Longtime personal assistant Robyn Crawford shared with Esquire, âShe got her chops singing in church, and her mother said to her, âYou know, you can always sing for free.
inducementnoun [ C or U ] uk â /ÉªnËdjuËsmÉnt/ us â. âº an act or a thing that is intended to make something happen or to persuade someone to do something: inducement (for sb) to do sth They offered him a large pay increase as an inducement for him to stay. It is illegal for American companies to offer inducements when tendering for contracts abroad.
inducer. in biosynthesis, a compound that induces synthesis of a specific enzyme or sequence of enzymes, by antagonizing the corresponding repressor, or by some other mechanism.