incentive

Definition

Examples

Offering performance bonuses provides a strong incentive for employees to exceed their quarterly sales targets.

Synonyms

• motivationthe psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
• stimulusany stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

Collocations

• Easy financial incentive
  describing financial incentive (involving financial matters)
• Medium performance incentive scheme
  describing performance incentive scheme (a dramatic or musical entertainment)
• Hard tax incentive package for investment
  to tax incentive package for investment, meaning to levy a tax on
• Very Hard perverse incentive distorting behavior
  describing perverse incentive distorting behavior (marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict)