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How to pronounce incentive in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bonus
Type of payment
Has types dividend, premium, sales incentive
Type Words
Synonyms inducement, motivator
Type of rational motive
Has types moral force, dynamic

Examples of incentive

incentive
He also promised to weigh the cost of any incentive package against the returns.
From the tennessean.com
Leaner stockrooms mean less incentive to slash prices to get goods out the door.
From the forbes.com
Other firms have added jobs in Charlotte without the help of incentive programs.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Recycled-paper bags would be taxed, providing an incentive to use reusable bags.
From the sacbee.com
The incentive package is mostly made up of tax credits, Navistar officials said.
From the dailyherald.com
Like salaries and incentive bonuses for individual board members and executives?
From the stltoday.com
Such tax credits do not have the incentive effects of rate cuts explained above.
From the forbes.com
Taxes crush incentive to achieve, and demoralise those that are subject to them.
From the guardian.co.uk
Employers have little incentive to raise pay when the unemployment rate is high.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • A positive motivational influence
  • Bonus: an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
  • In economics and sociology, an incentive is any factor (financial or non-financial) that enables or motivates a particular course of action, or counts as a reason for preferring one choice to the alternatives. It is an expectation that encourages people to behave in a certain way. ...
  • Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages; A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder
  • (Incentives) Profit sharing arrangements offered by HMOs and managed care plans that permit subcontractors and physicians to share in amounts earned from plan savings through reduced hospital and specialty referral usage. ...
  • (Incentives) Amounts rebated or credited, or special programs offered to encourage the lease of certain vehicles.
  • (Incentives) Extras designed to increase response rates to a marketing message, e.g. a prize draw.
  • ((Leasing) Incentives) Inducements offered by landlords to attract tenants to lease space. Incentives increase when supply exceeds demand.
  • (Incentives) A term use to describe the prize or "free" giveaway offered to consumers to enter a promotion.