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インセンティブ (insentibu) Japanese meaning: incentive | Kotomora
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The company pays incentives according to performance.
A higher reward becomes a major incentive.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 にインセンティブを 与あた える to give someone an incentive
The company gives employees incentives based on their performance.
インセンティブが 働はたら く for an incentive to take effect (motivate behavior)
The price cut acted as an incentive, and sales grew.
インセンティブとして 〈 物もの 〉 を 用よう 意い する to prepare something as an incentive
We prepared gift certificates as an incentive for contract renewal.
〈 人ひと 〉 にインセンティブが 生う まれる for a person to gain an incentive (to do something)
This system creates an incentive to finish work quickly.
Related words 報奨金 is a concrete cash bonus or reward payment, while インセンティブ can also refer to any non-monetary motivating factor.
動機付け refers to the act or state of motivating someone, while インセンティブ is usually the concrete external reward that creates that motivation.
特典 is a perk or special privilege given to customers or members, whereas インセンティブ more specifically frames the benefit as something meant to spur action or performance.
ボーナス is a general bonus payment (e.g. a seasonal salary bonus), while インセンティブ specifically ties the reward to achieving a target or desired behavior.
Written forms インセンティブ Usage 92%
Standard katakana spelling; this form is high-priority loanword vocabulary.
インセンティヴ Usage 8%
Variant katakana spelling using ヴ for the final v sound; less common than インセンティブ.
Etymology Katakana vocabulary corresponding to English "incentive"; no detailed language-of-origin information is specified.
