- incentive
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, generous, good, great, huge, massive (esp. BrE)▪ powerful, strong▪ adequate, sufficient▪ main, major▪ added, additional, extra, more▪ less▪ little▪
There was little incentive to conduct research.
▪ real▪ clear▪US companies faced a clear incentive to downsize.
▪ direct▪direct financial incentives to have smaller families
▪ important▪ positive▪ special▪ attractive▪ perverse▪ long-term▪ political▪ commercial, economic, financial, fiscal, monetary▪ cash▪ material▪ price, tax▪ sales▪ investment▪ performance, work▪ employee▪employee incentives such as bonuses and commission
▪ federal, governmentVERB + INCENTIVE▪ act as, be▪It was thought that this would act as an incentive for couples to adopt older children.
▪ have▪She had the added incentive of being within reach of the world record.
▪ need▪ give (sb/sth), offer (sb/sth), provide (sb/sth with)▪ create▪The government has created tax incentives to encourage investment.
▪ receive▪companies that receive government incentives
▪ increase▪ reduce▪ undermine▪High taxation rates have undermined work incentives.
▪ eliminate, remove, take awayINCENTIVE + NOUN▪ plan, programme/program, scheme (BrE), structure, system▪an incentive system based on supervisors' evaluations
▪The company operates a share incentive scheme for its workers.
▪ policy▪ award, bonus, fee, package, pay, paymentPREPOSITION▪ incentive to▪an incentive to investment
PHRASES▪ have every incentive▪Companies have every incentive to put up prices.
▪ a lack of incentive▪There is a lack of incentive to undertake new investment.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
