How to Use incentive in a Sentence

incentive

noun

• The company is offering a special low price as an added incentive for new customers.
• The rising cost of electricity provides a strong incentive to conserve energy.
• The government offers special tax incentives for entrepreneurs.
• The incentive to cheat is based on the fear of losing their jobs.
  — Bethany McLean, The Hive, 19 June 2017
• That’s a nice incentive to try to get this passed on the ballot.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
• At the most, men wouldn’t have an incentive to leave their homes.
  — New York Times, 15 May 2021
• This is a step in the right direction, but the incentive is flawed.
  — Puja Ohlhaver, Wired, 1 Sep. 2020
• So far, that hasn’t been enough of an incentive to break the impasse.
  — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
• So once again, the lesson is that the presence of incentives is not enough.
  — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
• The upgrades were done thanks, in part, to an incentive program the city is rolling out.
  — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Playing time will now be the incentive for Walz to get the most out of his players.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 23 Nov. 2022
• Maybe this gives Dwyane Wade some added incentive to come back and play with a friend.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• So, in my view, this tax incentive to give is not very strong.
  — Benjamin A. Priday, The Conversation, 22 May 2020
• Pretty soon, fans will have even more of an incentive to make the trip.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 23 Jan. 2019
• The short answer is to avoid any incentive for a team to finish last.
  — Brian Mahoney, Chron, 13 May 2023
• The incentives in my contract are much more to sell to the streamers than to broadcast.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
• If prizes for the top three teams and best dressed aren't enough incentive, maybe the butterbeer will be.
  — Rachel Yang, Chicago Reader, 5 Mar. 2018
• So Charleston paid for its own flight — and the Cougars had a little more incentive to win.
  — Noah Trister, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023
• This would be the third part of an incentive for the development.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• So that takes away the incentive to bribe people or to put pressure on them.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2023
• The contract is incentive-laden and worth up to $6.7 million.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2023
• When a trip to the mall or to work might end in a weeks-long quarantine, there was little incentive to spend.
  — Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
• And there’s a great incentive to break multiverse rules to do it.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 25 Sep. 2021
• In a stable like this, skaters have less of an incentive to take care of their own well-being.
  — Sarah Hughes, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2022
• The lenders almost have an incentive for contracts to fail.
  — Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2022
• The real problem is a lack of incentive for schools to meet students’ needs.
  — Corey Deangelis, National Review, 6 Apr. 2021
• When it wasn’t broken, there was no incentive to fix it.
  — Greg Petro, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• Another incentive for the project is a sales tax break.
  — Judy Pochel, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2020
• The incentive plan will last four weeks and require officers to commit to working four-years in the city’s police department.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
• The government offers tax incentives to single-family offices that set up shop in the city.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024