disincentive
pronunciation
How to pronounce disincentive in British English:
UK [ˌdɪsɪnˈsentɪv]
How to pronounce disincentive in American English:
US [ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv]
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- Noun:
- a negative motivational influence
Word Origin
- disincentive (n.)
- 1946; see dis- + incentive (n.).
Example
- 1. Wasteful and corrupt bureaucracies act as a disincentive to investment .
- 2. Income tax rates in cities like shanghai where the top levy is 45 per cent are already seen as a disincentive to attracting foreign financial professionals .
- 3. Many chancellors have said that they would jump at a tax that had no disincentive effects on work or enterprise but had a strong redistributive element .
- 4. One disincentive involves reducing unemployment benefits to people who have not spent seven out of the previous eight years in denmark .
- 5. The company said such an interpretation violated world trade organisation agreements and would be a disincentive for investment , because much pharmaceutical innovation occurs through incremental research .