profit incentive

collocation in English

meaningsofprofitandincentive

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profit
noun
uk
/ˈprɒf.ɪt/us
/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods ...
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incentive
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈsen.tɪv/us
/ɪnˈsen.t̬ɪv/
something that encourages a person to ...
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(Definition ofprofitandincentivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A heavyprofitincentiveholds no loyalty or patriotism.
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The other argument is that theprofitincentivetends to cause waste.
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However, the surplus would be far less because they would have noprofitincentiveto make it higher.
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Whatever we do in connection with this extended provision, we should endeavour to withdraw theprofitincentive.
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We are learning the lesson that theprofitincentiveis dangerous.
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At that time there was noprofitincentiveand no incentive for management to expand and modernise.
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It is the same thing; it is theprofitincentiveall the way.
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There must be no motivation; there must be no financialprofitincentive, for fear that the management will be corrupted.
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Under the new municipal administration theprofitincentiverecedes and the public weal comes forward.
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This is an industry that has long passed out of the phase in which social purposes can best be served by privateprofitincentive.
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I was most interested in what he had to say on the relationship between the framework for consumer protection and the need to leave aprofitincentivewith the companies.
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But if we are to make the voluntary set-aside system work and release land from agricultural production, there must be aprofitincentiveto encourage farmers to enter the scheme.
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Some categories carry penalties while some simply carry rewards, but the effect is to maintain theprofitincentivethroughout the contract and to establish a clear sense of priorities.
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Businesses notice the increase of profit and by theprofitincentiveand are encouraged to increase prices.
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Theprofitincentivecauses researchers to concentrate their energies on projects which are perceived as likely to generate profits.
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Therefore, we express the greatest concern about the possibility of the change from investment grants to profit incentives.
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In place of ordinary profit incentives guiding the economy, financial investment was regulated as per the needs of the state.
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