incentive

incentive is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: in‧cen‧tive

Noun

Singular incentive

Plural incentives

1. (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.

Antonyms

• inhibition

Related words

• incent
• incentivise/incentivize