incentive
- n a positive motivational influence
- n an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
incentive option
- n an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals
incentive program
- n a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something
incentive scheme
- n a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something
incentive stock option
- n an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals
inception
- n an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
incessancy
- n the quality of something that continues without end or interruption
incessantness
- n the quality of something that continues without end or interruption
incest
- n sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
inch
- n a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- n a unit of measurement for advertising space
- v advance slowly, as if by inches
inchoative aspect
- n aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
inchon
- n a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
- n a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon
inchworm
- n small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
incidence
- n the relative frequency of occurrence of something
- n the striking of a light beam on a surface
he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light