ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIincentive
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incentive
Meaning: something that motivates a person to act
incentive in a sentence
How incentive is used in real sentences:
The company offered a cash incentive to employees who carpooled to work each week.
Free tickets to the amusement park served as an incentive for the class to collect the most canned food.
“An affluent donor had offered a large gift from her fortune, but only if the museum displayed more of its collection; the promise gave leaders a strong incentive to redesign the rooms.”
— from the passage The Brightness Debate
Synonyms for incentive
Other words for incentive — motivation, inducement and stimulus — carry the same meaning.
- motivation
- inducement
- stimulus
Antonyms of incentive
Words that mean the opposite of incentive:
- deterrent
- discouragement
Where it comes from
From Latin incentivum 'that which sets the tune'
Memory hook
IN-CENT-ive: put an extra cent in to motivate someone.