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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

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 1400-50]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 1400-50]

==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.

*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]].

(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]

[[Category: Economics]]

[[Category: Economics]]

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]