skatinti

English translation: incentivise (-ize)

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Lithuanian term or phrase:skatinti
English translation:incentivise (-ize)
Entered by: Valters Feists

07:25 Feb 5, 2010
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Lithuanian term or phrase: skatinti
Filialo direktorių skiria bei atleidžia Steigėjo generalinis direktorius. Jis taip pat nustato Filialo direktoriaus atlyginimą, skatina jį ir skiria nuobaudas
Olga Prisekina-Olrichs
Netherlands
Local time: 18:38
incentivise (-ize)
Explanation:
"incentivize
[Date: 1970]
= to provide with an incentive
[example] would incentivize employees with stock options>"

"incentivize
= give incentive to: to motivate somebody by offering an incentive such as a higher rate of pay ( informal )"

"incentivize verb
(UK usually incentivise )
= to make someone want to do something
[example] We need to incentivize our sales managers to achieve these targets."

"incentivize
VERB [TRANSITIVE] BUSINESS
= to give someone a reason for wanting to work hard"
© Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010

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Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 19:38
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incentivise (-ize)


Explanation:
"incentivize
[Date: 1970]
= to provide with an incentive
[example] would incentivize employees with stock options>"

"incentivize
= give incentive to: to motivate somebody by offering an incentive such as a higher rate of pay ( informal )"

"incentivize verb
(UK usually incentivise )
= to make someone want to do something
[example] We need to incentivize our sales managers to achieve these targets."

"incentivize
VERB [TRANSITIVE] BUSINESS
= to give someone a reason for wanting to work hard"
© Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010



Example sentence(s):
  • [...] consider some form of reward or incentivisation for achieving goals. Sometimes this is as simple as a gift voucher or a dinner. Other options are profit sharing and bonus payments.

    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize
    Reference: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/Dictionary...
Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 19:38
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Native speaker of: Latvian
PRO pts in category: 28

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