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IncentiveIncentive In*cen"tive, a. [L. incentivus, from incinere to
strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See
Enchant, Chant.]
1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action;
stimulative.
Competency is the most incentive to industry. --Dr.
H. More.
2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [R.]
Part incentive reed
Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
--Milton. Incentive
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 money, and the desire of
promotion, are two powerful incentives to action.
The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come
in their way, are so far from making them quit the work
they had begun, that they rather prove incentives to
them to go on in it. --South.
Syn: Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement;
inducement; influence.
Meaning of Incentive from wikipedia
- In general,
incentives are
anything that
persuade a
person or
organization to
alter their behavior to
produce the
desired outcome. The laws of economists...
- The
phrase "perverse
incentive" is
often used in
economics to
describe an
incentive structure with
undesirable results,
particularly when
those effects...
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Travel incentives are a
reward subset of an
incentive program,
recognition program or a
loyalty program,
which is a
business tool
designed to
change consumer...
- Look up
incentive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
incentive is
something that
motivates an
individual to
perform an action.
Incentive may also refer...
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Investment incentive is a government-implemented
incentive policy aimed to
encourage investors into its
domestic market or to
promote expansion of existing...
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Incentive theory may
refer to:
Organizational behavior#Organization
structures and dynamics, a
concept of
human resources or
management theory Motivation#Incentive...
- Meetings,
incentives,
conferences and
exhibitions tourism (MICE tourism) is a type of
tourism in
which large groups,
usually planned well in advance, are...
- In game
theory and economics, a
mechanism is
called incentive-compatible (IC): 415 if
every parti****nt can
achieve their own best
outcome by reporting...
- "The
Incentive" is the
second episode of the
eighth season of the
American comedy television series The Office, and the show's 154th
episode overall....
- A tax
incentive is an
aspect of a government's
taxation policy designed to
incentivize or
encourage a
particular economic activity by
reducing tax payments...
