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incentive

/ɪnˈsɛntɪv/noun3 syllables

Incentive means: a positive motivational influence.

Synonyms for incentive3

noun, as in a positive motivational influence

inducement, motivator

noun, as in an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

bonus

Opposites of incentive

disincentive

What does incentive mean?2

noun

1

a positive motivational influence

2

an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with incentive?3

three syllables

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Incentive in a sentence

  • We lack an incentive for pursuing the eastern market.GiggyMantis
  • She had no incentive to work after she was refused a promotion.CM
  • The workers have no incentive to work harder.CM
  • We should offer children free movie tickets as an incentive to attend school.morgyn
  • The cold winter wind wasn't really an incentive to cycling.Miktsoanit
  • Promotion was an incentive to harder work.unknown
  • Access to the domestic market should act on the whole island as a powerful incentive for economic development.niceguydave
  • That's not much of an incentive.ddnktr

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Forms of incentive

as a noun

plural
incentives