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Meaning of Incentives | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of Incentive
  2. Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.
  3. plural of Incentive
  4. Serving to induce or motivate: an incentive bonus for high productivity.
  5. Something that causes and encourages a given response:encouragement, fillip, impetus, impulse, inducement, motivation, prod, push, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulus.
  6. something that encourages etc. Hope of promotion was an incentive to hard work. aansporing حافِز، باعِث поощряващ incentivo popud, stimul der Anreiz incitament; tilskyndelse κίνητροincentivo ajend مشوق؛ انگیزه kannustin encouragementתמריץ प्रोत्साहन inicijativa, motivacija ösztönzés perangsang hvatningar-, örvandi incentivo 誘因 유인(誘因) paskata pamudinājums; stimuls galakan stimulansoppmuntring, incitamentbodziec شوقی incentivo stimulent; încurajare стимул popud, stimul spodbuda podstrek drivfjä...
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  7. incentivo, estímulo; incitante, estimulante.
  8. a motivating influence; stimulus
  9. (Commerce) a. an additional payment made to employees as a means of increasing production
  10. serving to incite to action
  11. something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort.
  12. inciting, as to action.

Equivalents

العربية الحوافز
Español incentivos
Français incentives
Português incentives

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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