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Antonyms for incentive

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-sen-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsɛn tɪv

Definition of incentive

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Late Latin incentivum, noun use of neuter of Latin adjective incentivus "setting the tune" (in Late Latin "inciting"), from past participle stem of incinere "strike up," from in- "in, into" (see in- (2)) + canere "sing" (see chant (v.)). Sense influenced by association with incendere "to kindle." The adjective use, in reference to a system of rewards meant to encourage harder work, first attested 1943 in jargon of the U.S. war economy; as a noun, in this sense, from 1948.
  • noun lure, inducement
Example sentences :
  • There was one incentive for taking her; it would please Mrs. Roberts.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • That's the only incentive you can suggest for spying, unconnected with my affairs?
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He appreciated that Mary Philipse was the incentive that had put him where he was.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • Instinct, I suppose; for now at last I 352 have an incentive.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • Scarcely one seemed to possess the incentive to breathe a whisper.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • A man could not write anything sincere with the elevation of the public as incentive.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • I assure you I am twice as glad to have an incentive instead of a lady directress.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • Thus in both cases the incentive to the utmost exertion was wanting.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Give him that, and he will have no incentive to insurrection.
  • Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore
  • I suppose with that name she never had any incentive to outgrow her nature.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell

Synonyms for incentive

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