Incentive
an incentive (noun) - a reward to encourage people to do something
Example sentences:
* The carrot is a more effective incentive than the stick in most cases.
* Run as separate entities, the shops can remain manageable and provide a stronger incentive to succeed for the franchisees.
* Purely economic incentives won't be enough.
* Nowadays people have a stronger appreciation of the importance of economic incentives.
* If you sign, you'll get a big salary incentive.
* Diplomacy should never give countries an incentive to start a war.
* Introducing tax incentives would encourage investment.
* The increasing importance of the tourism sector in the economy has provided a major incentive to keep cuilinary standards high.
* That's hardly an incentive to do anything, is it?
* Tax incentives to encourage alternative sources of energy such as solar power have not led to any real changes in oil dependence.
* We are being given little or no incentive to adopt such measures.
* Employees must be made aware that the better the service, the more they will earn, then they will have an incentive to work hard and perform well.
* My well-crafted fountain pen is a continual reminder to me that computers can't do everything, an incentive for the humans that are still in control to take the bull by the horns and tame it.
* The idea of profit incentives was pounded into them, so what used to be a subsistence mentality of only taking what was needed, was slowly but surely transformed in devious ways.
* Workers should be aware of their rights under any profit sharing incentive scheme they agree on.
* Only a major cash incentive would have convinced him to change his ways.
* There was every incentive for him to show what he was made of, but he blew it.
* The intense scrutiny of university officials provided every incentive to professors not to draw attention to themselves in any way.
* The sluggish economy should lessen any incentive the government has to maximise penalties.
* "My being pregnant was the final incentive to get out."
* The bank was fined for an illegal incentive scheme.
* Teachers salaries remain low and with little chance for advancement there is no great incentive to become a teacher.
* "Deals are also being offered to companies as alternative incentive perks to top performers."
* "Low job interest and morale could be improved by introducing pay incentive schemes."
* Teachers must give their students an incentive to read more in English. (The same holds for English teachers reading Thai.)
* "An incentive plus praise and pleasure shown by the parents encourages the child to try to stay dry at night."
* Monetary rewards alone are often not a sufficient incentive.
* There is a need for skills training, but some incentive must be given to encourage unemployed people to take it up.
* In this contract the buyer has an incentive to detect and report deviations from the price agreement.
* Companies will maintain high quality standards if incentives such as losing their operating licence exist.
* If an incentive scheme is only applied to one parameter only undue importance may be attached to it.
