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incentive [ɪnˈsɛntɪv] n 1. a motivating influence; stimulus 2. (Business / Commerce) a. an additional payment made to employees as a means of increasing production b. (as modifier) an incentive scheme adj
serving to incite to action [from Late Latin incentīvus (adj), from Latin: striking up, setting the tune, from incinere to sing, from in-2 + canere to sing] incentively adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
incentive noun inducement, motive, encouragement, urge, come-on (informal), spur, lure, bait, motivation, carrot (informal), impulse, stimulus, impetus, stimulant, goad, incitement, enticement There is little incentive to adopt such measures. warning, deterrent, disincentive, discouragement, dissuasion Translations incentive [ɪnˈsentɪv] A. N → incentivo m, estímulo m an incentive to work harder → un incentivo or estímulo para trabajar más as an added incentive, they paid her airfare → como incentivo adicional, le pagaron el billete de avión they have no incentive to get a job → no tienen ningún incentivo para encontrar trabajo production incentive → incentivo m a la producción B. CPD incentive bonus N → prima f de incentivación incentive payment N → incentivo m económico incentive scheme N → plan m de incentivos incentive [ɪnˈsɛntɪv] n (= inducement) → encouragement m, motivation f; (for investor) → perspective f de gains an incentive to do sth → une incitation à faire qch an incentive for sb to do sth → une incitation pour qn à faire qch to have no incentive to do sth → ne pas être incité(e) à faire qch There is no incentive to work → Il n'y a rien qui incite à travailler. tax incentives → incitations fiscales incentive bonus incentive payment n → prime f de rendement incentive scheme incentive plan, incentive system n → système m de primes d'encouragement incentive n → Anreiz m; this will give them a bit of an incentive → das wird ihnen einen gewissen Anreiz or Ansporn geben; they have little incentive to keep going → ihnen fehlt der Anreiz durchzuhalten; financial/economic incentives → finanzielle/wirtschaftliche Anreize pl; incentive bonus payment → Leistungszulage f; incentive scheme (Ind) → Anreizsystem nt incentive [ɪnˈsɛntɪv] n → incentivo there is no incentive to work → non c'è alcun incentivo al lavoro it gave me an incentive → mi è servito da incentivo incentive [ɪnˈsɛntɪv] n → incentivo there is no incentive to work → non c'è alcun incentivo al lavoro it gave me an incentive → mi è servito da incentivo n incentive [inˈsentiv] something that encourages etc Hope of promotion was an incentive to hard work. aansporing حافِز، باعِث поощряващ popud, stimul incitament; tilskyndelse der Anreiz κίνητρο incentivo ajend مشوق؛ انگیزه kannustin encouragement תַּמרִיץ प्रोत्साहन inicijativa, motivacija ösztönzés perangsang hvatningar-, örvandi incentivo 誘因 유인(誘因) paskata pamudinājums; stimuls galakan stimulans oppmuntring, incitament bodziec incentivo stimulent; încurajare стимул popud, stimul spodbuda podstrek drivfjäder, sporre สิ่งกระตุ้น teşvik edici şey 獎勵 спонукальний حوصلہ افزا sự khuyến khích 鼓励 incentive → باعث podnět incitament Anreiz κίνητρο incentivo kannustin encouragement poticaj incentivo 奨励 장려금 beloning incentiv zachęta incentivo стимул incitament สิ่งกระตุ้น teşvik phần thưởng khích lệ 动机 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| With this added incentive I nearly drove Sola distracted by my importunities to hasten on my education and within a few more days I had mastered the Martian tongue sufficiently well to enable me to carry on a passable conversation and to fully understand practically all that I heard. Your religion," says he, "serves you only for an excuse for your faults, but is no incentive to your virtue. With Taglat there was another incentive--a secret and sinister incentive, which, had Tarzan of the Apes had knowledge of it, would have sent him at the other's throat in jealous rage. |
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