incentive, inducement, motivator
(noun) a positive motivational influence
bonus, incentive
(noun) an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
Source: WordNet® 3.1
incentive (plural incentives)
Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
• disincentive
incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)
Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
Serving to kindle or set on fire.
• Vicentine
Source: Wiktionary
In*cen"tive, a. Etym: [L. incentivus, from incinere to strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See Enchant, Chant.]
1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. Competency is the most incentive to industry. Dr. H. More.
2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [R.] Part incentive reed Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire. Milton.
In*cen"tive, n. Etym: [L. incentivum.]
Definition: That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action. The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come in their way, are so far from making them quit the work they had begun, that they rather prove incentives to them to go on in it. South.
Syn.
– Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement; inducement; influence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 May 2024
(noun) an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation; “he could win if he wasn’t a choker”
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