motivator

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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motivate (ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to give incentive to

'motivator

—n

motivate (ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to give incentive to

'motivator

—n

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motivate

1885, "to stimulate toward action," from motive (q.v.), perhaps modeled on Fr. motiver or Ger. motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.

motivator

1943, agent noun from motivate.

Example sentences

The motivator had to be purely cosmetic, the way he glowered, plus the strange

accent atop brutal word delivery.

However, simply measuring the flow is a surprisingly powerful motivator.

As each layer of need is satisfied, the layer above becomes the prime motivator.

Some critics argue that pay is not a major motivator in the workplace.

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