incentive
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tɪv noun
1.
something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
adjective
2.
inciting, as to action; stimulating; provocative.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin incentīvus provocative, Latin: setting the tune, equivalent to incent(us) (past participle of incinere to play (an instrument, tunes); in- in-2 + -cinere, combining form of canere to sing) + -īvus -ive
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin incentīvus provocative, Latin: setting the tune, equivalent to incent(us) (past participle of incinere to play (an instrument, tunes); in- in-2 + -cinere, combining form of canere to sing) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
in·cen·tive·ly, adverb
coun·ter·in·cen·tive, noun
non·in·cen·tive, adjective
pre·in·cen·tive, noun
su·per·in·cen·tive, noun, adjective
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incentive (ɪnˈsɛntɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a motivating influence; stimulus |
| 2. | a. an additional payment made to employees as a means of increasing production |
| b. (as modifier): an incentive scheme | |
| —adj | |
| 3. | serving to incite to action |
| [C15: from Late Latin incentīvus (adj), from Latin: striking up, setting the tune, from incinere to sing, from | |
| in'centively | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
incentive
early 15c., from L.L. incentivum, noun use of neut. L. adj. incentivus "setting the tune" (in L.L. "inciting"), from stem of incinere "strike up," from in- "in, into" + canere "sing" (see chant). Sense influenced by association with incendere "to kindle." The adjective use,
in reference to a system of rewards meant to encourage harder work, first attested 1943 in jargon of the U.S. war economy; as a noun, in this sense, from 1948.
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Slang Dictionary
incentive definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
After adolescence many pupils lack incentive for an education that has no direct reference to a career.
Professional students and plain layabouts have a further incentive to prolong their stay in the system: subsidised food.
Whereas more potable water is incentive enough for the desalination plant, the city has other incentives, too.
Apple is currently so successful in the hand-held market that they currently have no incentive to change.
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