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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
| late [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] < LL incentīvus provocative, L: setting the [[tune]], equiv. to incent ( us ) (ptp. of incinere to [[play]] (an instrument, tunes); in- in-2 + -cinere, comb. form of canere to sing) + -īvus -ive | | late [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] < LL incentīvus provocative, L: setting the [[tune]], equiv. to incent ( us ) (ptp. of incinere to [[play]] (an instrument, tunes); in- in-2 + -cinere, comb. form of canere to sing) + -īvus -ive |
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| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1. something that incites or tends to incite to [[action]] or greater [[effort]], as a reward offered for increased productivity. | | *1. something that incites or tends to incite to [[action]] or greater [[effort]], as a reward offered for increased productivity. |
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| *3. [[Coercive]] incentives are said to exist where a [[person]] can expect that the failure to [[act]] in a particular way will result in [[physical]] [[force]] being used against them (or their loved ones) by others in the [[community]] — for example, by inflicting [[pain]] in punishment, or by imprisonment, or by confiscating or destroying their [[possessions]]. | | *3. [[Coercive]] incentives are said to exist where a [[person]] can expect that the failure to [[act]] in a particular way will result in [[physical]] [[force]] being used against them (or their loved ones) by others in the [[community]] — for example, by inflicting [[pain]] in punishment, or by imprisonment, or by confiscating or destroying their [[possessions]]. |
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− | (There is another common usage in which incentive is contrasted with [[coercion]], as when economic moralists contrast incentive-driven work—such as entrepreneurship, employment, or volunteering motivated by remunerative, [[moral]], or [[personal]] incentives—with coerced [[work]]—such as [[slavery]] or serfdom, where work is motivated by the threat or use of [[violence]]. In this usage, the category of "coercive incentives" is excluded.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive] | + | (There is another common usage in which incentive is contrasted with [[coercion]], as when economic moralists contrast incentive-driven work—such as entrepreneurship, employment, or volunteering motivated by remunerative, [[moral]], or [[personal]] incentives—with coerced [[work]]—such as [[slavery]] or serfdom, where work is motivated by the threat or use of [[violence]]. In this usage, the category of "coercive incentives" is excluded.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive] |
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| [[Category: Economics]] | | [[Category: Economics]] |
| [[Category: Psychology]] | | [[Category: Psychology]] |