Word Finder - incentive

definition

Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

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I have no incentive to do housework right now.

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A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.

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Management offered the sales team a $500 incentive for each car sold.

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Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.

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Serving to kindle or set on fire.

Maybe that's the incentive he needs.

Martha's pending due date was an incentive to Betsy.

The reward of title and degree and the consequent rise in the esteem of his fellows and himself was also a strong incentive; but the Mithraic faith itself was the greatest factor.

The route more than dou­bled the distance, but Dean needed little incentive for a drive in the country.

Horses are used to some extent for riding, but very little for carriage and draught purposes, consequently there has been no great incentive for their breeding.

This is a powerful incentive to not spend too much.

They might offer you the incentive to finish early once a chore is out of the way.

A crate of beer can often make a good incentive, as you'll have kept sober up until the end.

The old theory was that the general prosperity of the country depends upon the development of its natural resources - a development which can best be achieved by private capital, acting under the natural incentive of financial profits.

The necessity of moral rectitude was itself an incentive.

The freedoms they offer provide a new incentive for all to improve.

The Cuvaj Dictatorship. - The triumphant vindication of Mr. Supilo and his colleagues of the Serbo-Croat coalition gave a fresh incentive to the idea of unity throughout the southern Slav provinces of Austria-Hungary.

Also another incentive about remotes ann on amateur night.

Whether the N&P green mortgage deals really represent much of an incentive is perhaps debatable.

The Preferences Card is an American Express Incentive Services Card which strategically directs the cardholder's spending to specific establishments.

The fact that linguistically Serb and Croat had thus become interchangeable terms, only to be distinguished by the respective use of the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, inevitably reacted upon the political situation, and served as an incentive to the movement for unity.

In richer countries, such systems are increasingly seen as providing insufficient incentive to work and are being supplanted by transfer payment systems.

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It could be argued that laborers have less incentive to work hard when under a rule of communism.

They should refund your purchase without question, and perhaps even offer an incentive to continue to buy.

In many cases, you earn one point for every dollar you charge, but incentive earning structures vary by issuer.

You may also contact the head of your local municipality and inquire as to further assistance or incentive plans.

Create contests or goals that offer a cash incentive.

Be reading this your right biceps worse over two-thirds year the incentive.

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This would increase the tax on the biggest gas guzzlers to about £ 500, giving drivers an incentive to purchase more efficient models.

Mr Golden has an added incentive to ensure the works are finished on time.

Publication instills pride and provides an incentive to produce good work.

His third incentive is his desire to become the unquestioned leader of the Arab world.

And if the ability to play UMDs is any incentive, remember that UMDs are usually only slightly cheaper than DVDs.

There are many scams out there that take advantage of people that offer promises of large sums of money as an incentive.

Though contributors are compensated based on the popularity of a review, Epinions does not provide monetary incentive to review bias.

If you use a reward system to encourage good behavior at home, let your child pick out a new book as an incentive for him or her to meet specified goals.

Points that can be used for purchases are a common incentive for new card owners.

Depending on the incentive structure, some cards have annual fees and higher interest rates.

You can personally design a card to promote your business incentive programs by choosing the type of currency and ongoing rewards, and you can even make the card reloadable.

Themed American Express Incentive Services Cards are accepted at select establishments.

Use these gift cards as incentive gifts for employees and you may find an increase in productivity and morale.

If you want to maximize your promotional impact by featuring your brand, theme or other message, an American Express Incentive Services Gift Card can make a perfect option.

Some businesses purchase these cards in bulk (often at a discount) as a way to solicit new customers or to use as an employee incentive program.

As an incentive, any class that raised $ 150 or more received free doughnuts and orange juice.

Pirc says the new plan, ' combined with other incentive awards ', is potentially excessive.

Without shareholders, there is little to give Network Rail an incentive to pull its socks up, however public-spirited its 114 members are.

Under these circumstances, there would be no incentive for either side to confine itself to the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

Why would you want to give your supplier an incentive to produce ' sloppy ', overly long winded text?

As an incentive of signing up for this service, many will receive a free FICO score.

Other rewards, such as free tickets to sporting events, concerts, or theme parks might be a worthwhile incentive for a business that can use these perks as employee bonuses.

After all, a bargain's a bargain and knowing that you might be able to get a great deal on furniture in nine months or so may give you some incentive to hang on to what you have until then.

However, owners may get a tax incentive for purchasing a hybrid.

That being said, be advised that not all hybrid buyers qualify for a tax incentive.