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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.
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Incentives
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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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Example Sentences
- When the data are supposed to support a thesis perfectly, the incentives to cut corners increase.
- The government proposes tackling this problem through a mixture of harsher sanctions and sharper incentives to work.
- That's still a lot of money, but buyers may be able to get a lot of it back immediately, through government incentives.
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