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Webster 1913 Edition
Incentive
In-cen′tive
,Adj.
1.
Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.
Competency is the most
incentive
to industry. Dr. H. More.
2.
Serving to kindle or set on fire.
[R.]
Part
Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
incentive
reedProvide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
Milton.
In-cen′tive
,Noun.
[L.
incentivum
.] 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
Syn. – Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement; inducement; influence.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incentive
INCEN'TIVE
,Adj.
Inciting; encouraging or moving.
Competency is the most incentive to industry.
INCEN'TIVE
,Noun.
1.
That which kindles or inflames; used now in a figurative sense only.2.
That which moves 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. The love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two most powerful incentives to action.Definition 2024
incentive
incentive
See also: incentivé
English
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.
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- 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
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cash bonus
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Adjective
incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)
- Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
- Dr. H. More
- Competency is the most incentive to industry.
- Dr. H. More
- Serving to kindle or set on fire.
- Milton
- Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
- Milton
External links
- incentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- incentive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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.