adequate incentive

collocation in English

meaningsofadequateandincentive

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adequate
adjective
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/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us
/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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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 ofadequateandincentivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In practice, however, pollution taxes have often been set too low to have anadequateincentiveeffect.
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On the supply side, with low prices, producers do not receive anadequateincentiveor generate surpluses to invest in production expansion.
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Uncontrolled aid in excess of these costs does not give these companiesadequateincentiveto improve efficiency and competitiveness.
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The important consideration is to strike a balance between givingadequateincentiveto get the work done and avoiding undue hardship to tenants.
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We must solve the difficulty of how to giveadequateincentiveto industry and at the same time prevent public money going to create monopolies.
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However, on the evidence so far available, we believe than anadequateincentivefor the future remains.
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We discussed with the company arrangements for sharing the risk and providingadequateincentivefor completion.
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I do not think that self-interest is anadequateincentive.
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In many respects the private owner will be given noadequateincentive.
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Those levels are needed if there is to beadequateincentiveto invest, to expand capacity and so on in the development areas.
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Secondly,adequateincentiveto efficiency in this industry is provided by international com-petition.
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In terms of market prices there should still beadequateincentiveto the beef producer.
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The mere increase of, wages does not seem today to provide anadequateincentive.
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We have to giveadequateincentiveto the creation of new wealth.
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Therefore, the local authorities and others who are making their contributions to the services will haveadequateincentiveto ensure that those services are in no way wasteful.
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A further vital need to which consideration should be given is re-arrangement of intergrade margins so thatadequateincentiveis given for the acceptance of higher responsibility on promotion.
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We all agree that the problem is in preserving a balance between anadequateincentivefor those who invent and a protection of the proper interests of the public.
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It is therefore not correct to say that the loan scheme does not carry with it anadequateincentive for the installation of industrial fuel-saving equipment.
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A further problem is whether adequate incentives for producers would exist in the absence of the monetary incentives created by markets.
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We recognise that one element in this is that growers both in 1975 and thereafter should have adequate incentives.
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