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incentive
[in-sen-tiv]
noun
something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
adjective
inciting, as to action; stimulating; provocative.
incentive
/ ɪnˈsɛntɪv /
noun
a motivating influence; stimulus
an additional payment made to employees as a means of increasing production
( as modifier )
an incentive scheme
adjective
serving to incite to action
Other Word Forms
- incentively adverb
- counterincentive noun
- nonincentive adjective
- preincentive noun
- superincentive noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of incentive1
Word History and Origins
Origin of incentive1
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Example Sentences
The bigger problem, however, is that lenders have little incentive to guard against fraud when mortgages are ultimately guaranteed by taxpayers.
But away from the public rhetoric, strained US-India ties have given New Delhi fresh incentive to warm up to Beijing.
Much of the costs of moving there were front-loaded when he took on the property in 2003 and there's little obvious incentive for Andrew to leave now.
At the party's annual conference in Swansea, education spokesman Cefin Campbell said a Plaid-led government would offer "competitive incentives" to keep staff in Wales, focusing on Welsh-medium teaching and subjects like maths and science.
But when S&P creates an index, the business incentive may be a little more simple.
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