how to pronounce incentive

/ˌɪnˈsɛntɪv/

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incentive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of incentive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… there was such an incentive to build …”

meaning of incentive

Incentive means a motive or encouragement to do something.

incentive frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word incentive occurs in english on average 6.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics incentive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that incentive can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;