Incentive

  • 71incentive wages — Bonuses or other payments made to employees in addition to guaranteed hourly wages. 31 Am J Rev ed Labor § 615. See incentive compensation …

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  • 72incentive option — noun an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals • Syn: ↑incentive stock option • Hypernyms: ↑option …

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  • 73incentive stock option — noun an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals • Syn: ↑incentive option • Hypernyms: ↑option …

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  • 74incentive — incentively, adv. /in sen tiv/, n. 1. something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity. adj. 2. inciting, as to action; stimulating; provocative. [1400 50; late ME < LL&#8230; …

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  • 75incentive — In experimental psychology, an object or goal of motivated behavior. [LL. incentivus, provocative] …

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  • 76incentive — Synonyms and related words: agitational, agitative, bait, bribe, carrot, catalyst, clout, compulsion, drive, driving force, encouragement, enticement, fillip, fomenting, goad, impellent, impelling force, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incendiary,&#8230; …

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  • 77incentive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stimulus, goad, spur; motive, cause; provocation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spur, inducement, motivation, motive, stimulus, stimulation, spring, impetus, catalyst, ground, provocation, enticement,&#8230; …

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  • 78Incentive — In|cen|tive 〈[ınsɛ̣ntıv] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. 〈Wirtsch.〉 Gratifikation od. Bonus, durch die bzw. den Mitarbeiter motiviert werden sollen 2. 〈allg.〉 Anreiz, eine bestimmte Tätigkeit auszuführen [Etym.: engl., »Anreiz«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 79incentive — in·cen·tive || ɪn sentɪv n. stimulus, inducement, enticement, encouragement adj. provocative, stimulating, inciting, encouraging …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 80incentive — noun a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something. ↘a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment. Derivatives incentivize or incentivise verb Origin ME: from L. incentivum something that sets the tune or&#8230; …

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