incentive

incentive
01. The teacher gave the children little stars as an [incentive] to clean up their desks at the end of each day.
02. I'm already at the top of my pay scale at work, so I don't really have any economic [incentive] to work harder.
03. The players receive a pay bonus for every game they win as an added [incentive] in the playoffs.
04. Large commissions are a powerful [incentive] for sales staff working in this store.
05. Each salesman who brings in $20,000 or more in a month receives a $1,000 bonus, and as an added [incentive], the top salesman will win a free trip for two to Cancun, Mexico.
06. My greatest [incentive] in quitting smoking was the positive example it set for my children.
07. The government has announced a number of tax [incentives] to attract new businesses to our state.
08. The government used to give tax breaks to parents of three or more children as an [incentive] to having larger families.
09. Hosea Ballou once remarked that doubt is an [incentive] to truth.
10. Orison Marden once stated that there is no medicine like hope, no [incentive] so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
11. They gave their son $10 for every A on his report card as an [incentive].
12. A recent report suggests that governments need to eliminate pricing systems that encourage oil use, and replace them with policies that provide [incentives] for alternative energy.
13. In Japan, the government is now offering financial [incentives] to consumers who buy cars which produce less pollution.
14. Encouraged by duty-free access to the U.S., and by tax [incentives], American companies have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s.
15. Discount prices are offered as an [incentive] to customers to pay promptly.
16. With cigarettes costing as little as 25 US cents a pack, there is little [incentive] for the huge number of smokers in China to quit the deadly habit.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • incentive — in‧cen‧tive [ɪnˈsentɪv] noun [countable] something which is used to encourage people to do something, especially to make them work harder, produce more or spend more money: • tax incentives for first time home buyers • The company proposed a… …   Financial and business terms

  • Incentive — est un mot anglais signifiant « motivation ». Dans le langage du e business, l incentive est le fait d inciter une personne, de façon explicite, à effectuer une action précise. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia :… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Incentive — In*cen tive, a. [L. incentivus, from incinere to strike up or set the tune; pref. in + canere to sing. See {Enchant}, {Chant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. [1913 Webster] Competency is the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incentive — I noun actuation, allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, bait, causality, causation, cause, cause of action, consideration, driving force, encouragement, enticement, goad, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incitamentum, incitement, inducement,… …   Law dictionary

  • Incentive — In*cen tive, n. [L. incentivum.] That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incentive — (n.) early 15c., from L.L. incentivum, noun use of neuter of Latin adjective incentivus setting the tune (in L.L. inciting ), from pp. stem of incinere strike up, from in in, into (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + canere sing (see CHANT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • incentive — inducement, *motive, spring, spur, goad, impulse Analogous words: *stimulus, incitement, stimulant, excitant, impetus: provoking or provocation, excitement, stimulation (see corresponding verbs at PROVOKE): reason, *cause, determinant …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • incentive — [n] lure, inducement allurement, bait, carrot*, catalyst, come on*, consideration, determinant, drive, encouragement, enticement, excuse, exhortation, goad, ground, impetus, impulse, incitement, influence, insistence, inspiration, instigation,… …   New thesaurus

  • incentive — ► NOUN ▪ a thing that motivates or encourages someone to action or increased effort. DERIVATIVES incentivize (also incentivise) verb. ORIGIN Latin incentivum something that sets the tune or incites , from incantare to chant or bewitch …   English terms dictionary

  • incentive — [in sent′iv] adj. [ME < LL incentivum < neut. pp. of L incinere, to sing < in , in, on + canere, to sing: see CHANT] stimulating one to take action, work harder, etc.; encouraging; motivating n. something that stimulates one to take… …   English World dictionary

  • Incentive — For the video game developer and publisher, see Incentive Software. For the independent record label, see Incentive Records. In economics and sociology, an incentive is any factor (financial or non financial) that enables or motivates a… …   Wikipedia

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