incentive

incitation, motivation

Ce qui donne envie de faire quelque chose ou pousse à agir.

En anglais simple : Something that encourages you to do something.

• The prize gave us an incentive to try.
• There is little incentive to save money at these interest rates.
• What incentives would encourage people to use buses?

Comment l'utiliser : incentive to do something (The discount gives customers an incentive to buy early.); incentive for someone (Flexible hours are an incentive for new employees.)

Synonymes : motivation, encouragement, inducement

Contraires : disincentive

Expressions courantes : an incentive to work, a strong incentive, provide an incentive, incentive to improve

prime, récompense

Somme supplémentaire ou autre récompense proposée pour encourager les gens à travailler davantage.

En anglais simple : Extra money or another reward offered to encourage people to work harder.

• Workers receive a small cash incentive.
• The company offered incentives for selling more phones.
• Did everyone earn the performance incentive this month?

Comment l'utiliser : incentive for doing something (Staff receive an incentive for meeting their sales targets.)

Synonymes : bonus, reward

Expressions courantes : a cash incentive, a performance incentive, financial incentive