n.

1. Something that sweetens.
2. Informal. Something added as a further inducement or incentive.

A special feature added to a debt obligation or a preferred stock to promote marketability.

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Warrants and convertibles are two popular sweeteners.

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1. Banking. The additional consideration paid by a borrower in periods of high interest rates and Tight Money or by a marginally creditworthy borrower. For example, payment of an additional point (one percentage point of the principal amount borrowed) during periods of high loan demand. Also, the pledge of additional securities by a broker to finance securities trading for customers.

2. Finance. The addition of a conversion privilege on securities, making them convertible into common stock, and thus more valuable to investors.

Something included in a transaction to make it more acceptable.
Example: The seller agreed to pay insurance for up to one year as a sweetener for the buyer.

Four groups of compounds are used to sweeten foods: (1)The sugars, of which the commonest is sucrose. Fructose has 173% of the sweetness of sucrose; glucose, 74%; maltose, 33%; and lactose, 16%. Honey is a mixture of glucose and fructose;(2)Bulk sweeteners, including sugar alcohols;(3)Synthetic non-nutritive sweeteners (intense sweeteners), which are many times sweeter than sucrose;(4)Various other chemicals such as glycerol and glycine (70% as sweet as sucrose), and certain peptides.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sødemiddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
zoetstof, zoetje

Français (French)
n. - (lit) édulcorant, (Comm, Fin) incitation, pot-de-vin (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Süßstoff, Bestechung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γλυκαντικό, (μτφ.) φιλοδώρημα, (καθομ.) πρόσθετη δελεαστική παροχή

Italiano (Italian)
dolcificante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - adoçante (m)

Русский (Russian)
подслащивающее вещество, взятка

Español (Spanish)
n. - edulcorante, dulcificante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sötningsmedel, tröst, mildrande faktor

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
增甜剂, 甜头, 糖精, 好处

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 增甜劑, 甜頭, 糖精, 好處

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 감미료, 뇌물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 甘味料, そでの下

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) السكرين , المحلى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חומר ממתיק, שוחד (מדוברת)‬

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