| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. Incitingly; encouragingly.[Websters]
2. In a provocative, stimulative or irritative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a persuasive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an impulsive, impellent or inspirational manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a restorative or heartwarming manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a prompt manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a driving, propulsive or motivational manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective incentive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (incentive) | 1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.[Websters]. 2. Serving to kindle or set on fire.[Websters]. 3. Being stimulating, exciting, excitatory or thrilling.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being provocative or stimulative.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being persuasive.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being dynamic.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being encouraging or energizing.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being impulsive, impellent or inspirational.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being restorative or heartwarming.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb incentively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "INCENTIVELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: incentive
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Adjective] Inciting; encouraging or moving. Competency is the most incentive to industry.. | 2: [Noun] That which kindles or inflames; used now in a figurative sense only.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Economics | A motivational force that stimulates people to greater activity or increased efficiency. (references) | ||
| Labor | 1: Motive for acting in a certain way. A procedure designed to encourage a desired response from people. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: That which influences or encourages to action; motive; spur; stimulus; as, the desire for promotion is often a powerful incentive to action. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Military | Motivating the contractor in calculable monetary terms to turn out a product that meets significantly advanced performance goals, to improve on the contract schedule up to and including final delivery, to substantially reduce costs of the work, or to complete the project under a weighted combination of some or all of these objectives. (references) | ||
| Physics | Roughly synonymous with reward, motivation, goal, it refers to the material and social conditions conducive for individuals to engage in work other than for themselves. (Krippendorff). (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | In economics, an incentive is any factor (financial or non-financial) that provides a motive for a particular course of action, or counts as a reason for preferring one choice to the alternatives. Since human beings are purposeful creatures, the study of incentive structures is central to the study of all economic activity (both in terms of individual decision-making and in terms of co-operation and competition within a larger institutional structure). Economic analysis, then, of the differences between societies (and between different organizations within a society) largely amounts to characterizing the differences in incentive structures faced by individuals involved in these collective efforts. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A bonus or reward, often monetary. Management offered the sales team a $500 incentive for each car sold. (references) | 2: [Noun] Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. I have no incentive to do housework right now. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: incentive
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Incentive Markets | Incentive Markets is a consulting company that develops prediction market applications for corporations. The company specializes in the pharmaceutical industry. (references) | ||
| Incentive option | An option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Incentive program | A formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Incentive Records | Incentive Records is a subsidiary of Ministry of Sound. (references) | ||
| Incentive salience | Incentive salience occurs when stimuli associated with drug-taking behavior become reinforcing themselves. Thus, if a person's addiction is extinguished and he is then presented with a stimulus that has been associated with the drug in the past, a craving for that drug occurs. For example, anti-drug agencies previously used posters with images of drug paraphernalia as an attempt to show the dangers of drug use. However, such posters are no longer used because of the effects of incentive salience in causing relapse upon sight of the stimuli illustrated in the posters. (references) | ||
| Incentive scheme | A formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Incentive stock option | An option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Incentive stock options | AKA ISO, a type of compensatory stock option that can be granted only to employees and confers a U.S. tax benefit. The tax benefit is not having to pay ordinary income tax on exercise on the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the shares issued (however, the holder may have to pay U.S. alternative minimum tax instead). Instead, if the shares are held for 1 year from the date of exercise and 2 years from the date of grant, then the profit (if any) made on sale of the shares is taxed as long-term capital gain. Long-term capital gain is taxed in the U.S. at lower rates than ordinary income. (references) | ||
| Incentive theory | Incentive theory is an element of human resources or management theory. It states that firm owners should structure employee compensation in such a way that the employees' goals are aligned with owners' goals. It is more accurately called the principal-agent problem. (references) | ||
| Pre-order incentive | A pre-order incentive, also known as a pre-order bonus, is marketing tactic whereby a retailer or manufacturer/publisher of an entertainment product (usually a book or video game) encourages buyers to reserve a copy of the product at the store prior to its release. (references) | ||
| Sales incentive | Remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Wind Power Production Incentive | The Wind Power Production Incentive, or WPPI, is a program of the Canadian Government that promotes the generation of electricity from wind power in Canada to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas that would otherwise enter the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels. The government pays about half the excess cost of producing electricity from wind, compared to conventional sources, for the first 10 years of a project. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: incentive
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dairy Export Incentive Program | Agriculture | A program that offers subsidies to exporters of U.S. dairy products to help them compete with other nations. USDA pays cash to exporters as bonuses to help them sell certain U.S. dairy products at prices below the exporter's cost of acquiring them. The program was originally authorized by the Food Security Act of 1985 and extended by the FACT Act of 1990 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of 1994. The total tonnage and dollar amounts of these and other export subsidies have been limited by the Uruguay Round's agreement on agriculture. The FAIR Act of 1996 extends the program through 2002, and permits its use for market development in addition to offsetting the subsidies of other countries. (DEIP). (references) | |
| Employee Incentive Plans | Health | Programs designed by management to motivate employees to work more efficiently with increased productivity, and greater employee satisfaction. (references) | |
| Export Incentive Program | Agriculture | A federal export promotion effort operated by the Foreign Agricultural Service. Assistance is provided to private firms to help them promote brand name food items in overseas markets. EIP is administered as part of the Market Access Program. (EIP). (references) | |
| Forestry Incentive Program | Agriculture | Initiated in 1975 as an independent program and currently administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, FIP provides financial assistance for up to 65% of the cost of tree planting and timber stand improvement on private forest stands of less than 1,000 acres. Payments are limited to $10,000 per year. More than 4,500 forest owners with 165,000 acres participated in 1995. The program now is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, as amended. (FIP). (references) | |
| Incentive earning | Labor | A premium or extra payment over and above what is due or expected; such payments are a result of the extra efforts of the employees. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Incentive pay | Statistics | A method of pay which varies according to production. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Incentive payments | Agriculture | Direct payments made to producers of wool and mohair, which were similar to deficiency payments made to producers of grains and cotton. The incentive payment rate was the percentage needed to bring the national average return to producers (the market price plus the incentive payment) up to the annually set national support price. Each producer's direct payment was the payment rate times the market receipts. Producers with higher market receipts got larger support payments. This created an incentive to increase output and to improve quality. The wool and mohair commodity programs ended after the 1995 marketing year as required by P.L. 103-130. (references) | |
| Incentive Rate | Shipping | A lower-than-usual tariff rate assessed because a shipper offers a greater volume than specified in the tariff. The incentive rate is assessed for that portion exceeding the normal volume. (references) | |
| Incentive special pay (ISP) | Business | ISP may be paid to qualified medical officers, not undergoing internship or initial residency training and certified registered nurse anesthetists. ISP is an annual lump sum bonus and eligible officers must sign a written agreement to remain on active duty for one full year. The purpose of ISP, as a retention incentive, is to close the civilian-military pay gap, and amounts vary with specialty. Certain Reservists may be eligible, in accordance with Section 302f of 37 U.S.C. (references) | |
| Incentive type contract | Military | (DOD) A contract that may be of either a fixed price or cost reimbursement nature, with a special provision for adjustment of the fixed price or fee. It provides for a tentative target price and a maximum price or maximum fee, with price or fee adjustment after completion of the contract for the purpose of establishing a final price or fee based on the contractor's actual costs plus a sliding scale of profit or fee that varies inversely with the cost but which in no event shall permit the final price or fee to exceed the maximum price or fee stated in the contract. See also cost contract; fixed price type contract. (references) | |
| Incentive wage | Labor | 1: Remuneration based on performance achieved. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: Of which the piece rate is the simplest form, relate earnings to productivity and may use premiums, bonuses or a variety of rates to compensate for superior performance. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Physician Incentive Plans | Health | Compensatory plans designed to motivate physicians in relation to patient referral, physician recruitment, and efficient use of the health facility. (references) | |
| Reimbursement, Incentive | Health | A scheme which provides reimbursement for the health services rendered, generally by an institution, and which provides added financial rewards if certain conditions are met. Such a scheme is intended to promote and reward increased efficiency and cost containment, with better care, or at least without adverse effect on the quality of the care rendered. (references) | |
| Renewable Energy Production Incentive | Environment | Incentive established by the Energy Policy Act available to renewable energy power projects owned by a state or local government or nonprofit electric cooperative. (REPI). (references) | |
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