incentive

Example Sentences

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“But in practice, many of those were the same bank, and so there wasn’t necessarily an incentive to keep prices low for merchants.”

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

But a tax attorney in Los Angeles, Andrew Gradman, wasn’t convinced the tax incentive was enough to curb a landlord’s appetite for the passive income of steady rent payments.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

There is an obvious incentive – to protect their factories and infrastructure.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“The total incentive pay determination process is informed by performance assessments, but annual incentive payouts are ultimately discretionarily determined,” advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services wrote in a report recommending clients vote no.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt