incentivisation

1.名詞C1

釋義

a system or practice in which people receive money, gifts, or other benefits to make them act in a way that an organisation or government wants — for example, giving staff a bonus for meeting sales targets, or offering tax reductions to people who buy electric cars.

例句

The company introduced a bonus scheme as part of its staff incentivisation programme.

collocation: staff incentivisation / incentivisation programme

Valentina argued that incentivisation works better than punishment for improving customer service.

同義詞

motivation
broader and less formal; can refer to internal drive, not just external rewards
reward system
more concrete; focuses specifically on the rewards given rather than the overall process
inducement
slightly more formal and often carries a manipulative or transactional tone

反義詞

disincentivisation
the opposite process of removing or discouraging rewards
punishment
contrasting approach based on penalties rather than rewards

文法句型

incentivisation + of + [target / behaviour]

用法筆記

Commonly paired with a following 'of' phrase specifying the target group or behaviour (e.g. 'the incentivisation of employees'). Although typically uncountable, countable uses ('different incentivisation schemes') appear in business and policy writing.

常見錯誤

❌The bonus is a good incentivisation.

✅The bonus is a good incentive.

💡'Incentivisation' is the system of offering rewards; the reward itself is an 'incentive'.

❌We need incentivisation for our team.

✅We need a clear incentivisation scheme for our team.

💡The noun almost always pairs with a supporting word such as 'scheme', 'programme', or 'system'.