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incentive
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin incentivus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinere (“to strike up”), from in (“in, on”) + canere (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendere ' to set on fire'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?nt?v/
- Rhymes: -?nt?v
- Hyphenation: in?cen?tive
Noun
incentive (plural incentives)
- Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
Antonyms
- disincentive
Derived terms
- incentivise/incentivize, tax incentive
Translations
Adjective
incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)
- Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Serving to kindle or set on fire.
Further reading
- incentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incentive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Vicentine
Latin
Adjective
incent?ve
- vocative masculine singular of incent?vus
Portuguese
Verb
incentive
- first-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- first-person singular imperative of incentivar
- third-person singular imperative of incentivar
Spanish
Verb
incentive
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
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rationalization
English
Alternative forms
- rationalisation
Etymology
[1908] From French rationalisation.
Noun
rationalization (countable and uncountable, plural rationalizations)
- The process, or result of rationalizing.
- A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
- A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
- (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
- (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
Synonyms
- (statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event): reasoning, rationale
- (reorganization of a company or organization): consolidation
- (concealment of true motivation):
- (simplification of a mathematical expression):
Translations
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