incentive
IPA: ɪnsˈɛntɪv
noun
- Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
adjective
- Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
- Serving to kindle or set on fire.
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Examples of "incentive" in Sentences
- "It's some incentive, but the incentive is always to win," Baker says.
- Another incentive is the tax and duty-free importation of raw materials to be used for book publishing.
- Any extra incentive is a plus, and when you have a whole team that wants to shove Selig's Death Wish down his throat, it can only help.
- Reimbursement for administering IV drugs is a percentage of the average sales price, what they call an incentive to prescribe a pricier version.
- The second trend we see is further acceleration of demand and adoption of what we call incentive and engagement-based programs, working to really get more aggressive engagement of individuals in their proactive health engagement.
- This includes a fixed salary of $2 million a year, plus the option to participate in the company's short term incentive plan of a maximum cash bonus of an additional to $2 million a year in each of the first three full financial years of employment, provided performance targets are met.
- The "Compensation Disclosure and Analysis" report for 2010-2011, which outlines the new "short term incentive plan" approved by the board, indicates that BT chief executive Lorne Braithwaite, a veteran real estate executive, could receive a bonus equivalent to 50 per cent of his salary, provided the organization achieves specified financial goals.
- The majority of the difference between 2011 and 2010 resulted from $1.5 million of increased costs related to the Company's short term incentive compensation plan, which is being accrued ratably over the full year in 2011 but which did not occur until the last four months of 2010, $0.4 million of increased salaries and wages and $1.6 million in increased stock based compensation expense.
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