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 Definitions of incentive  [ɪnˈsɛn tɪv]  

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Definition of 'incentive' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'incentive' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'incentive' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) incentive
sth to encourage sb
The company offers incentives for working overtime.; She has no incentive to study harder.


Definition of 'incentive' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'incentive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something that encourages etc
Hope of promotion was an incentive to hard work.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aansporing Arabic flag Arabic: حافِز، باعِث Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: поощряващ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: incentivo Czech flag Czech: popud, stimul German flag German: der Anreiz
Danish flag Danish: incitament; tilskyndelse Greek flag Greek: κίνητρο Spanish flag Spanish: incentivo
Estonian flag Estonian: ajend Farsi flag Farsi: مشوق؛ انگیزه Finnish flag Finnish: kannustin
French flag French: encouragement Hebrew flag Hebrew: תַּמרִיץ Hindi flag Hindi: प्रोत्साहन
Croatian flag Croatian: inicijativa, motivacija Hungarian flag Hungarian: ösztönzés Indonesian flag Indonesian: perangsang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hvatningar-,örvandi Italian flag Italian: incentivo Japanese flag Japanese: 誘因
Korean flag Korean: 유인(誘因) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paskata Latvian flag Latvian: pamudinājums; stimuls
Malay flag Malay: galakan Dutch flag Dutch: stimulans Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppmuntring, incitament
Polish flag Polish: bodziec Persian flag Persian: مشوق؛ انگیزه Pashto flag Pashto: شوقی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: incentivo Romanian flag Romanian: stimulent;încurajare Russian flag Russian: стимул
Slovak flag Slovak: popud, stimul Slovenian flag Slovenian: spodbuda Serbian flag Serbian: podstrek
Swedish flag Swedish: drivfjäder, sporre Thai flag Thai: แรงจูงใจ Turkish flag Turkish: teşvik edici şey
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 獎勵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спонукальний Urdu flag Urdu: حوصلہ افزا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự khuyến khích Chinese flag Chinese: 鼓励

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