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Incentive

Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.

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Dividend 76% connected

A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- ap…

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Dynamic 76% connected

Alt. of Dynamical

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Premium 76% connected

A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premi…

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Payment 76% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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Bonus 92% connected

A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.

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Inducement 92% connected

The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.

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Deterrence 94% connected

That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.

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Deterrence 94% connected

That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.

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