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Definition of Incentive

1. Noun. A positive motivational influence.

2. Noun. An additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output.

Definition of Incentive

1. a. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.

2. n. That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action.

Definition of Incentive

1. Noun. Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. ¹

2. Noun. (orig. US, 1943) A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incentive

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Incentive

1. In experimental psychology, an object or goal of motivated behaviour. Origin: LL. Incentivus, provocative (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incentive

incensers incenses incensing incension incensions incensive incensor incensors incensory incensurable

incent incented incenter incenters incenting incentive (current term) incentive option incentive program incentive scheme incentive stock option

incentiveless incentively incentives incentivise incentivised incentivises incentivising incentivization incentivize incentivized

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