incentive
/ɪnˈsentɪv/noun
उच्चारण इन्सेन्टिव
प्रोत्साहन, प्रेरणा, प्रलोभन
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
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[C, U] ~ (for/to sb/sth) (to do sth)
something that encourages you to do something
प्रोत्साहन, प्रेरणा, प्रलोभन
- Tax benefits are an incentive to save.
- There is little incentive for farmers to grow pulses.
- The company gives workers a bonus as an incentive to arrive on time.
+ 2 more examples
- Students have little incentive to study if marks are not rewarded.
- Cheaper electric cars would give people a strong incentive to switch from petrol.
Synonyms motivation encouragement inducement stimulus spur
Opposite deterrent disincentive discouragement obstacle
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
incentive to do sth
Incentive is followed by a to-infinitive for the action it encourages.
'Incentive' के बाद जिस कार्य के लिए प्रोत्साहन हो, उसके लिए to-infinitive आता है।
- Cash prizes give students an incentive to read more.
- There is little incentive to save when prices keep rising.
incentive for sb / for sth
Use for with the person or the thing being encouraged.
जिस व्यक्ति या वस्तु को प्रोत्साहित किया जाए, उसके लिए 'for' आता है।
- The scheme offers an incentive for small farmers.
- The tax cut is an incentive for investment.
incentive (countable and uncountable)
It is countable when it means a particular reward and uncountable when it means encouragement in general.
विशेष पुरस्कार के अर्थ में यह countable और सामान्य प्रोत्साहन के अर्थ में uncountable है।
- Free books are a good incentive.
- Without incentive, few people work hard.
offer / give / provide an incentive
These verbs take incentive as an object, followed by to or for.
ये verbs 'incentive' को object लेते हैं और उसके बाद to या for आता है।
- The bank offered an incentive to new customers.
incentive scheme / bonus
Incentive works as a noun modifier for schemes, pay and bonuses.
'Incentive' schemes, pay और bonuses के लिए noun modifier के रूप में आता है।
- The company runs an incentive scheme for its sales staff.
+Collocations 5
adjective + incentive
financialstrongpowerfultaxlittle
- Financial incentives attract doctors to remote villages.
verb + incentive
offergiveprovidecreateremove
- The school gives an incentive to regular readers.
incentive + noun
schemepaymentbonusprogrammesystem
- The incentive scheme raised the output of the factory.
incentive + to
to workto saveto studyto investto attend
- There is little incentive to attend dull lectures.
lack / absence of incentive
lack ofabsence ofnowithout any
- A lack of incentive kept farmers away from the new crop.
“More examples 5
- The government offers an incentive to families who send girls to school.
सरकार बेटियों को स्कूल भेजने वाले परिवारों को प्रोत्साहन देती है।
- The thought of a scholarship was a strong incentive for Radhika.
छात्रवृत्ति का विचार राधिका के लिए एक मज़बूत प्रोत्साहन था।
- Tax incentives have drawn many companies to the state.
कर-रियायतों ने अनेक कंपनियों को राज्य की ओर आकर्षित किया है।
- Why should I improve? I have no incentive.
मैं सुधार क्यों करूँ? मेरे पास कोई प्रेरणा नहीं है।
- The bonus is meant as an incentive to finish the project on time.
बोनस का उद्देश्य परियोजना समय पर पूरी करने के लिए प्रोत्साहन देना है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ There is no incentive for to study here.
✓ There is no incentive to study here.
After incentive, use to + verb directly, not for to.
'Incentive' के बाद सीधे to + verb आता है, 'for to' नहीं।
✗ The company gave incentive to its workers a bonus.
✓ The company gave its workers a bonus as an incentive.
Word order: give someone something; the incentive is the purpose, shown with as.
क्रम 'give someone something' है; प्रोत्साहन उद्देश्य है, जिसे 'as' से दर्शाते हैं।
✗ Prizes are good incentives to encourage for studying.
✓ Prizes are good incentives to study.
Incentive already contains the idea of encouraging; use to + verb.
'Incentive' में प्रोत्साहन का भाव पहले से है; to + verb का प्रयोग करें।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
All three push people to act, but they differ in what is offered.
तीनों लोगों को कार्य के लिए प्रेरित करते हैं, पर जो दिया जाता है उसमें अंतर है।
A reward or benefit that makes someone want to act.
ऐसा पुरस्कार या लाभ जो किसी को कार्य करने के लिए प्रेरित करे।
- A bonus is an incentive to work harder.
The inner reason behind an action.
किसी कार्य के पीछे का आंतरिक कारण।
- The police could not find a motive for the crime.
Something that causes a reaction or growth.
कोई वस्तु जो प्रतिक्रिया या वृद्धि को जगाए।
- Low rates gave a stimulus to the economy.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
in·cen·tive
With -cen- (not 'insentive' or 'incentiv').
बीच में -cen- ('insentive' या 'incentiv' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the encourage words together: incentive (something that encourages action), motivation (the reason or desire), inducement (often money, sometimes a bribe), spur, stimulus.
प्रोत्साहन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: incentive (कार्य के लिए प्रोत्साहित करने वाली चीज़), motivation (कारण या इच्छा), inducement (प्रायः पैसा, कभी रिश्वत), spur, stimulus।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Tax incentive, financial incentive, an incentive to work harder, cash incentive.
Collocations: tax incentive (कर में छूट के रूप में प्रोत्साहन), financial incentive (आर्थिक प्रोत्साहन), an incentive to work harder (ज़्यादा मेहनत करने की प्रेरणा), cash incentive (नकद इनाम)।