incentive
Pronunciation
[change]- IPA (key): /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧cen‧tive
Noun
[change]- (countable & uncountable)
An incentive is something that makes you feel like you want to do something.
- Companies should give their workers financial incentives to take the bus to work.
- The government is cutting taxes to provide incentives for investment.
- Doctors have a lot of incentive to see many patients and little incentive to spend much time with each one.