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• incentive — in‧cen‧tive [ɪnˈsentɪv] noun [countable] something which is used to encourage people to do something, especially to make them work harder, produce more or spend more money: • tax incentives for first time home buyers • The company proposed a… …   Financial and business terms

• incentive wage — UK US noun (also incentive pay) ► HR extra money paid to an employee as a reward for good work or to encourage good work in the future: »An aircraft manufacturer proposed a company wide incentive wage payment which provided for an increase of 5%… …   Financial and business terms

• Work experience — is the experience that a person has working, or working in a specific field or occupation. Volunteer Work and Internships The phrase is sometimes used to mean a type of volunteer work that is commonly intended for young people mdash; often… …   Wikipedia

• incentive — [in sent′iv] adj. [ME < LL incentivum < neut. pp. of L incinere, to sing < in , in, on + canere, to sing: see CHANT] stimulating one to take action, work harder, etc.; encouraging; motivating n. something that stimulates one to take… …   English World dictionary

• Incentive — In*cen tive, n. [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• incentive — (n.) early 15c., from L.L. incentivum, noun use of neuter of Latin adjective incentivus setting the tune (in L.L. inciting ), from pp. stem of incinere strike up, from in in, into (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + canere sing (see CHANT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• Incentive — For the video game developer and publisher, see Incentive Software. For the independent record label, see Incentive Records. In economics and sociology, an incentive is any factor (financial or non financial) that enables or motivates a… …   Wikipedia

• Incentive program — An incentive program is a formal scheme used to promote or encourage specific actions or behavior by a specific audience during a defined period of time. HistoryAlthough incentive programs have been around for more than 100 years, it wasn’t until …   Wikipedia

• incentive — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, generous, good, great, huge, massive (esp. BrE) ▪ powerful, strong ▪ adequate …   Collocations dictionary

• incentive — n. 1) to offer an incentive 2) a powerful, strong incentive 3) an incentive to (an incentive to investment) 4) an incentive to + inf. (they have no incentive to work harder) * * * [ɪn sentɪv] strong incentive a powerful to offer an incentive an… …   Combinatory dictionary

• incentive — 01. The teacher gave the children little stars as an [incentive] to clean up their desks at the end of each day. 02. I m already at the top of my pay scale at work, so I don t really have any economic [incentive] to work harder. 03. The players… …   Grammatical examples in English