" incentives "

 [ "incentive" ]

1: Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.

  * e.g.,  ... Jake was promised free entry into the bar if he mowed the lawn for his neighbor. 

 [ "INCENT" ]

1: Innocent way of saying innocent

  * e.g.,  ... I didn't do it, I'm incent! 

 [ "incentize" ]

1: verb

  * e.g.,  ... "We need to incentize them to only buy the number of parking places they need."  

 [ "incentize" ]

2: What the boss likes to say when he's explaining how to get your business partners to act in what he thinks is your best interest. It falls somewhere between "encourage" and "coerce". Ironically, whatever it is he's trying to "incentize" them to do is in their best interest anyway, so "incentization" really isn't required at all.

  * e.g.,  ... "Why would they buy parking places they don't need?"  

 [ "incent" ]

1: Verb; first used in the third presidential debate in 2004 by President Bush. Suspected meaning - to induce by promise of reward or avoidance of punishment (i.e. to give incentives) to others to embark on a particular course of action. One step below the pseudo-English word incentivize, usually used by economists to indicate their superior intelligence over the people who need the incentin'.

  * e.g.,  ... "We gotta incent those people to get off welfare by cuttin' off their child health benefit thingies." 

 [ "Napoleon Incentive" ]

1: When one's own self inadequacies lead one to be more ambitious and successful. Similar to the Napoleon Complex, which states that one of short stature may be more aggressive and domineering. It is named after Napoleon because he was of short stature, but was massively ambitious and successful, which many shorter men have to do in order to make up for their short stature.

  * e.g.,  ... Brett suffered from the Napoleon Complex and was bitter. His friend, Dave, had a Napoleon Incentive and decided to become more confident and funny to compensate for his height. 

 [ "poker incentive" ]

1:  Also known as intuition

  * e.g.,  ... "Why the hell did you just do that?" 

 [ "poker incentive" ]

2:  The feeling of confidence one gets when making stupid calls on a draw.

  * e.g.,  ... "It's called poker incentive" 

 [ "Beverage Incentive" ]

1: A liquid bonus, typically a six-pack of the performer's choice, attached to an action, and granted after completion of the action. The action is typically crude in nature, such as having sex with someone for situational humor, or finishing a large quantity of alcohol.

  * e.g.,  ... Bob, Ted, Fred and Jimmy are at a bar: 

 [ "under-the-desk incentive" ]

1: the act of furthering your career by engaging in an inappropriate act with your manager or boss.

  * e.g.,  ... Chuck was planning on firing Sally until she unzipped his pants and gave him an under-the-desk incentive. She not only kept her job, she also got a raise. 

 [ "Alternative Energy Incentives" ]

1: Anything except OTEC.

  * e.g.,  ... Hey, I just gave an Alternative Energy Incentives-- good thing it wasn't OTEC.  

 [ "Alternative Energy Incentives" ]

1: Lifting the tariff on Brazilian sugarcane ethanol.

  * e.g.,  ... An example of Alternative Energy Incentives is lifting the tariff on Brazilian sugarcane-based ethanol.