incents
Offers rewards for
Incents is a back-formation from incentive, meaning to motivate through rewards or benefits: The bonus structure incents salespeople to close deals quickly.
The word appears mainly in business contexts and strikes many as corporate jargon.
Incentivize carries the same meaning and is more established, though equally unloved by language purists.
Reward beyond expectation
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- perkEmployment bonus
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- premiumAdded cost for better
bounty · kickback · rebate · dividend · profit-sharing · stock options · compensation · remuneration
bonus
Reward beyond expectation
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- perkEmployment bonus
- benefitAdvantage or gain
premium · bounty · kickback · rebate · dividend · profit-sharing · stock options · compensation · remuneration · gratuity
motivate
Cause to act
- incentivizeCreate motivation through rewards
- encourageUrge forward with support
- inspireStir to action
spur · stimulate · prompt · drive · push · urge · propel · galvanize · energize · activate
subsidy
Financial assistance from government
credit · exemption · tariff · voucher · stimulus · bailout · discount · rebate · write-off · abatement
incentspunishes
Inflicts consequences for wrongdoing
penalizes · disincentivizes · sanctions · fines · disciplines
incentsdiscourages
Lessens motivation to act
deters · disincentivizes · dissuades · prevents · blocks
- retirement incentivesRewards for leaving early
- tax incentiveGovernment break encouraging behavior
- incentive planRewards tied to performance
- financial incentiveMoney offered to motivate
- incentive payCompensation tied to performance
- incentive programStructured rewards motivating behavior
incentive, incentives, disincentive, disincentives, incenting, incenter, incented, incent, disincentivize