incentive
adjective
1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
2. Serving to kindle or set on fire.
noun
1. a positive motivational influence
Similar word(s): inducement, motivator
Definition categories: motive
2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
Similar word(s): bonus
Definition categories: possession, payment
Sentences with incentive as a noun:
- I have no incentive to do housework right now.
- Management offered the sales team a $500 incentive for each car sold.