incentive

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin incentīvus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinō (“to strike up”), from in- (“in, on”) + canō (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendō (“to set on fire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/ Rhymes: -ɛntɪv Hyphenation: in‧cen‧tive === Noun === incentive (plural incentives) Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder. ==== Antonyms ==== disincentive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: Incentive ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive) Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating. Serving to kindle or set on fire. ==== Further reading ==== “incentive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “incentive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Vicentine == Galician == === Verb === incentive inflection of incentivar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Latin == === Adjective === incentīve vocative masculine singular of incentīvus == Portuguese == === Verb === incentive inflection of incentivar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === incentive inflection of incentivar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative