incentive
US: /ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv/, /ˌɪnˈsɛntɪv/
UK: /ɪnsˈɛntɪv/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
incentive /in'sentiv/- tính từ
- khuyến khích, khích lệ; thúc đẩy
- an incentive speech: bài nói chuyện khích lệ
- khuyến khích, khích lệ; thúc đẩy
- danh từ
- sự khuyến khích, sự khích lệ; sự thúc đẩy
- material incentives: khuyến khích vật chất
- động cơ (thúc đẩy làm việc gì)
- sự khuyến khích, sự khích lệ; sự thúc đẩy
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun[C, U] ~ (for / to sb/sth) (to do sth) something that encourages you to do sth: tax incentives to encourage savings + There is no incentive for people to save fuel. + There is an added incentive for you to buy from our catalogue-a free gift with every purchase.
Antonym: DISINCENTIVE
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
incitement, impetus, encouragement, goad, prod, provocation, spur, impulse, enticement, lure, inducement, stimulus, motivation, Colloq carrot:
The discount is offered as an incentive to buy a new car.
Collocation
ADJ.
big, considerable, great, massive | powerful, strong | adequate, sufficient | main, major | added, additional, extra, more | less | real | direct
The most direct financial incentive to prevent rubbish is to charge people by the amount of rubbish they put out.
| important | positive | special | commercial, economic, financial, fiscal, monetary | cash | price, tax | sales | work | government
VERB + INCENTIVE
act as, be
He argues that the free supply of skilled labour will act as an incentive for employees to be more diligent.
| have
She had the added incentive of being within reach of the world record.
| need | give (sb/sth), offer (sb/sth), provide (sb/sth with) | create
The government has created tax incentives to encourage investment.
| increase | reduce | undermine
High taxation rates have undermined work incentives.
| remove
INCENTIVE + NOUN
programme, scheme, system
The company operates a share incentive scheme for its workers.
| payment
PREP.
~ to
an incentive to investment
PHRASES
have every incentive
The absence of penalties for anti-competitive behaviour means that firms have every incentive to engage in price-fixing.
| a lack of incentive
Low levels of profitability mean there is a lack of incentive to undertake new investment.
Concise dictionary
incentivesɪn'sentɪvnoun
+a positive motivational influence
+an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
