incentive pay

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noun

additional pay, a higher wage, or a bonus paid to promote the productivity of an employee.

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Also called incentive wage .

Origin of incentive pay

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby incentive pay

incensed, incense tree, incensory, incenter, incentive, incentive pay, incentive travel, incentivize, incept, inception, inceptisol

How to use incentive pay in a sentence

HHS recently informed Congress that it has upped its incentive pay to help recruiting, but it’s unclear if that will be enough.
“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities|by Dara Lind|April 1, 2021|ProPublica
I was declared innocent, and they said I should pay $104,000.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The escort site Cowboys4Angels peddles chiseled, hot-bodied men and their smoldering model looks to women willing to pay.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One that they cannot cash in at the bank to pay for their flats.
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem|Danielle Belton|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.
How ‘Ethical’ Hotel Chain Marriott Gouges Guests in the Name of Wi-Fi Security|Kyle Chayka|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead of just cutting out whole food groups, Bacon says people should pay attention to how food makes them feel.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
“We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Condillac after the marquis's death had refused to pay tithes to Mother Church and has flouted and insulted the Bishop.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Of course, newly acquired Ferns will pay for extra attention in the way of watering until they have secured a proper roothold.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
In these enlightened days no man is imprisoned for owing money, but only because he does not pay it when told to do so.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell