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incentive

Definition for incentive
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“Everyone has an incentive to keep inflating grades unless everyone else stops simultaneously.”

There have been some attempts to do this by offering incentives to replace old cars, home appliances and other items but it has not significantly lifted consumption.

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History is full of ambitious international agreements that collapse under self-interest, misaligned incentives or inertia.

The news comes as California tries to lure film and television productions back to the Golden State after many have relocated to other states and countries in search of more lucrative tax incentives.

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“There needs to be special incentives to recover the confidence that was lost in Argentina.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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