Meaning & use
Incented
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Given an incentive to do something; motivated through reward (business jargon).
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Sales staff were incented with bonuses tied to quarterly targets.
The city incented residents to recycle by offering discounts on waste collection fees.
A note on using this word
A back-formation from 'incentive' that emerged in corporate speak; many style guides consider 'incentivized' the more standard alternative.
Words with a similar meaning
incentivizedmotivated
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Words with an opposite meaning
disincentivizeddiscouraged
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