incentive
See also: incentivé
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin incentivus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinere (“to strike up”), from in (“in, on”) + canere (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendere ' to set on fire'.
Pronunciation
Noun
incentive (plural incentives)
- Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
- I have no incentive to do housework right now.
- A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
- Management offered the sales team a $500 incentive for each car sold.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
something that motivates
cash bonus
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Adjective
incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)
- Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
- (Can we date this quote by Dr. H. More and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Competency is the most incentive to industry.
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- Serving to kindle or set on fire.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Further reading
- “incentive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “incentive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) incentīve
Portuguese
Verb
incentive
- first-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- first-person singular imperative of incentivar
- third-person singular imperative of incentivar
Spanish
Verb
incentive
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
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