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incentive

(/I/n's/E/nt/I/v )

Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a positive motivational influence(noun.motive)

Synonym:
inducement, motivator
Antonym:
deterrence, disincentive

source: wordnet30
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output(noun.possession)

Synonym:
bonus

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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