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1. (n.) incentive
something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort.
2. (adj.) incentive
inciting, as to action.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < LL incentīvus provocative, L: setting the tune, der. of incentus, ptp. of incinere to play (an instrument, tunes) =in-in-2+canere to sing)
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| Definition of 'incentive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) incentive, inducement, motivator
a positive motivational influence
2. (noun) bonus, incentive
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
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1. (noun) incentive
sth to encourage sb
The company offers incentives for working overtime.; She has no incentive to study harder.
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| Definition of 'incentive' |
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1. (adj) incentive
inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative
2. (adj) incentive
serving to kindle or set on fire
3. (noun) incentive
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 money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action
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Sense: something that encourages etc
Hope of promotion was an incentive to hard work.
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 Afrikaans: aansporing |
 Arabic: حافِز، باعِث |
 Bulgarian: поощряващ |
 Brazilian: incentivo |
 Czech: popud, stimul |
 German: der Anreiz |
 Danish: incitament; tilskyndelse |
 Greek: κίνητρο |
 Spanish: incentivo |
 Estonian: ajend |
 Farsi: مشوق؛ انگیزه |
 Finnish: kannustin |
 French: encouragement |
 Hebrew: תַּמרִיץ |
 Hindi: प्रोत्साहन |
 Croatian: inicijativa, motivacija |
 Hungarian: ösztönzés |
 Indonesian: perangsang |
 Icelandic: hvatningar-,örvandi |
 Italian: incentivo |
 Japanese: 誘因 |
 Korean: 유인(誘因) |
 Lithuanian: paskata |
 Latvian: pamudinājums; stimuls |
 Malay: galakan |
 Dutch: stimulans |
 Norwegian: oppmuntring, incitament |
 Polish: bodziec |
 Persian: مشوق؛ انگیزه |
 Pashto: شوقی |
 Portuguese: incentivo |
 Romanian: stimulent;încurajare |
 Russian: стимул |
 Slovak: popud, stimul |
 Slovenian: spodbuda |
 Serbian: podstrek |
 Swedish: drivfjäder, sporre |
 Thai: แรงจูงใจ |
 Turkish: teşvik edici şey |
 Taiwanese: 獎勵 |
 Ukrainian: спонукальний |
 Urdu: حوصلہ افزا |
 Vietnamese: sự khuyến khích |
 Chinese: 鼓励 |
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