incentive
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3.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
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incentivo
- Offering bonuses can serve as a strong incentive for employees to reach their targets.
- financial incentives
- provide incentives
- economic incentives
And so there's a lot of incentive for faking it.
- And so there's a lot of incentive for faking it.
- There was still incentive for people to do it.
- There's still a massive incentive to to virtue signal.
- And also there's an incentive not to respond.
- How aligned are your incentives with individual goals?
- And that there was no big incentives to keep people healthy.
- And so it has changed the incentive structure for thoughtful people.
- That's the day that incentive stopped dictating outcomes for me.
- And it's uncomfortable enough that it's an incentive to not do something bad.
- So they actually had an incentive to to to get more money.
- And and the siren of short termism, the incentive to respond to that.
- So you can manipulate incentive structures for yourself.
Examples
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Collecting explicit feedback is a challenge, and providing good incentives to users is a big issue.
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However, this gives staff the incentive to work hard and to make sure funds are used wisely.
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So check this out as an incentive for you to leave a review.
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There was still incentive for people to do it.
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Half a $1 million should be incentive enough.
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The added incentive of trying to please your father.
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When you have work, you have an incentive to maintain a stable society.
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People need the incentive to save, work and invest.
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So that should be an incentive to subscribe to him.
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Perhaps the greatest incentive to sell to the state involved occasional access to advance credit.
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Synonyms
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2.7
A reason or desire that makes someone want to do something
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2.2
A company pays extra money to an employee for good work
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3.5
A promise of a reward to encourage someone to act
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4.8
A prize given to people as a reward for buying or entering a contest
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4.0
A person or thing that makes people want to do something
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4.3
A quality that tempts people by promising a reward
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6.3
Something that makes someone want to do something
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6.2
Something that attracts someone by offering a reward or pleasure
Antonyms
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6.6
Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
Compounds
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3.5
A program that gives rewards to encourage people, especially employees, to reach goals
- Specialized
A right to buy company stock at a set price if the company meets business goals
- Specialized
An offer that lets employees buy company shares later if the company meets its goals
How Motivating
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word incentive comes from an old root meaning 'to urge on' or 'to move', and is related to the English verb incite. So an incentive is something that 'pushes' or 'moves' a person to act, like a reward that makes you work harder.