WORD

INCENTIVE

noun

1. something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.

adjective

2. inciting, as to action; stimulation: provocative.

Origin.

1400-50; late Middle English< Late Latin incentivus

provocative, Latin: setting the tune, equivalent to incent (us)

(past participle of incinere to play