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- Dictionaryincentive/ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
noun
- 1. a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something: "give farmers an incentive to improve their land"
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something, especially money, that encourages a person or organization to do something:
The meaning of INCENTIVE is something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action. How to use incentive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Incentive.
something, especially money, that encourages a person or organization to do something:
An incentive is something that stimulates you to take action or work harder. This noun dates back to Middle English, from Late Latin incentivum, from incentivus, "stimulating."
incentive noun. /ɪnˈsentɪv/ [countable, uncountable] incentive (for/to somebody/something) (to do something) something that encourages you to do something. There is no incentive for people to save fuel. There is an added incentive for you to buy from our new range—a free gift with every purchase. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. a motivating influence; stimulus. 2. (Commerce) a. an additional payment made to employees as a means of increasing production. b. (as modifier): an incentive scheme. adj. serving to incite to action. [C15: from Late Latin incentīvus (adj), from Latin: striking up, setting the tune, from incinere to sing, from in- 2 + canere to sing]
(ɪnsentɪv ) Word forms: incentives. variable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive] If something is an incentive to do something, it encourages you to do it. There is little or no incentive to adopt such measures. Many companies in Britain are keen on the idea of tax incentives for R&D.
something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity. Synonyms: prod, goad, encouragement, impulse, incitement, spur, stimulus.
: something that encourages a person to do something or to work harder. [count] Our salespeople are given financial incentives for reaching their quotas. [=if they reach their quotas they are paid more money] The rising cost of electricity provides a strong/powerful incentive to conserve energy.
uk / ɪnˈsentɪv / us. Add to word list. something that encourages you to act in a particular way: [ + to do sth ] People had little incentive to save. The government should provide incentives for young people to stay in school.
