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How to pronounce disincentive in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deterrence
Type of rational motive

Examples of disincentive

disincentive
But it provides a giant disincentive for new businesses to locate in California.
From the sacbee.com
Sales reps would have a disincentive to identify possibly fraudulent merchants.
From the techcrunch.com
The Silver Bullet Unfortunately, money has also created a political disincentive.
From the time.com
Being on probation is also a disincentive for new teachers as well as students.
From the suntimes.com
Continually falling prices act as a disincentive to investment and risk taking.
From the newsweek.com
There's a big disincentive, tax wise, to buying and selling stock all the time.
From the usatoday.com
I agree that paying interest on reserves provides banks a disincentive to lend.
From the economist.com
What's more, our rules are a disincentive for overseas people to emigrate here.
From the nzherald.co.nz
That gives Big Pharma a powerful disincentive to offer low prices to other buyers.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • A negative motivational influence
  • 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. ...
  • That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent
  • Monies subtracted from the contractor for completing the project later than time allowed for in the contract, or other performance-related penalty.