incentive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 External links 2 Spanish 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin incentivus (“‘that strikes up or sets the tune’”) < incinere (“‘to strike up’”) < in (“‘in, on’”) + canere (“‘to sing’”)

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incentive (plural incentives)

1. Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

   I have no incentive to do housework right now.

2. A bonus or reward, often monetary.

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

[edit] Antonyms

• disincentive

[edit] Derived terms

• tax incentive

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[edit] External links

• incentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• incentive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Verb

incentive (infinitive: incentivar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of incentivar.