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9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a positive motivational influence
noun an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
originFrom Medieval Latin incentīvus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinō (“to strike up”), from in- (“in, on”) + canō (“to sing”) + -ive. The formation appears to have been influenced by incendō (“to set on fire”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- evince 11
- invitee 10
- civet 10
- civie 10
- evict 10
- vinic 10
- invent 9
- invite 9
- venine 9
- cive 9
- vice 9
- entice 8