incentive bonus — incentive pay or incentive bonus, a payment or bonus to induce a worker, employee, or farmer to increase or improve production: »[The] management wanted some 250 workers to give up their present incentive pay, which would have cut their daily… … Useful english dictionary
incentive bonus — /ɪn sentɪv ˌbəυnəs/, incentive payment /ɪn sentɪv ˌpeɪmənt/ noun an extra payment offered to workers to make them work better … Dictionary of banking and finance
incentive pay — additional pay, a higher wage, or a bonus paid to promote the productivity of an employee. Also called incentive wage. [1955 60] * * * incentive pay or incentive bonus, a payment or bonus to induce a worker, employee, or farmer to increase or… … Useful english dictionary
bonus — I noun additive, benefit, boni, boon, bounty, dividend, donation, extra, gift, gratuity, honorarium, incentive, perquisites, pourboire, premium, prime, reward, something over and above, surplus, surplusage, tip associated concepts: bonus stock II … Law dictionary
bonus stock — n. Common stock offered as an incentive with the purchase of another kind of securities, such as preferred stock or bonds. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. bonus stock … Law dictionary
bonus — [bō′nəs] n. pl. bonuses [L, good < OL dvonus < IE * du , var. of base * deu , to venerate > OE (lang)twidig, (long) granted, L beare, pp. beatus, to make happy] anything given in addition to the customary or required amount; specif., a)… … English World dictionary
incentive — I noun actuation, allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, bait, causality, causation, cause, cause of action, consideration, driving force, encouragement, enticement, goad, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incitamentum, incitement, inducement,… … Law dictionary
incentive compensation — Bonus and profit sharing plans for corporate officers and employees. 19 Am J2d Corp § 1413. Stock options for executives … Ballentine's law dictionary
Incentive — For the video game developer and publisher, see Incentive Software. For the independent record label, see Incentive Records. In economics and sociology, an incentive is any factor (financial or non financial) that enables or motivates a… … Wikipedia
incentive — 01. The teacher gave the children little stars as an [incentive] to clean up their desks at the end of each day. 02. I m already at the top of my pay scale at work, so I don t really have any economic [incentive] to work harder. 03. The players… … Grammatical examples in English
incentive — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, generous, good, great, huge, massive (esp. BrE) ▪ powerful, strong ▪ adequate … Collocations dictionary