incentive (n.)

something that motivates

Examples

• A tax incentive.

Key rules

• An incentive is something that motivates people to act
• Offer an incentive, a financial incentive
• Incentive is countable

Common mistakes

• An incentive for to work → An incentive to work
• They gave an incentives → They gave an incentive

Use cases

• Business motivation
• Public policy
• Employee rewards