incentive
Cross references: 1. motive in.cen.tive \in-'sent-iv\ n [ME, fr. LL incentivum, fr. neut. of incentivus stimulating, fr. L,] setting the tune, fr. incentus, pp. of incinere to set the tune, fr. in- + canere to sing - more at CHANT : something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or a ction - incentive aj