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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
disincentive
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
effect
▪ The growth and health of the black and informal economies is one clear evidence of the disincentive effects of taxation.
▪ The excessive concern with disincentive effects has resulted in a less equitable system of taxation.
▪ Attempts were made in 1988 to resolve this disincentive effect.
▪ Despite the evidence, the Conservative government in the 1980s has been determined to lower income taxation to offset its disincentive effects.
▪ Mr Smith implicitly recognises the disincentive effect.
▪ On both counts these experiments might be expected to show strong disincentive effects on work.
▪ Beyond t *;, higher tax rates reduce revenue because disincentive effects greatly reduce the supply of the quantity being taxed.
▪ If taxes rise simultaneously there is the prospect of a major disincentive effect on output or of growth in the black economy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Raising taxes on unearned income would be a major disincentive to saving and investment.
▪ We're trying to attract more graduates into nursing, but the salary and hours are strong disincentives.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Firstly, fundholding practices may find their obligation to buy community care services a disincentive from pressing for early discharge.
▪ For a buyer, the implication of fast-paced change may be a disincentive to prolong a search process.
▪ If anything, they again pointed to a slight disincentive of higher taxes.
▪ In fact, there were disincentives for improvement since rewards to support function managers came for increased size and complexity.
▪ It would be a major disincentive to property improvement.
▪ On top of this disincentive a second system of rougher targets and penalties was introduced, based on a council's previous spending.
▪ The excessive concern with disincentive effects has resulted in a less equitable system of taxation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disincentive

1946; see dis- + incentive (n.).

Wiktionary
disincentive

n. That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.

WordNet
disincentive

n. a negative motivational influence [syn: deterrence] [ant: incentive]

Wikipedia
Disincentive

A disincentive is something that discourages an individual from performing an action. It is the antonym of incentive. Disincentives may fall within the scope of economics, social issues or politics.

Usage examples of "disincentive".

The administration should understand that any time it attempts to intervene directly or indirectly through surrogates it creates disincentives for the creation of a balance of power.

They didn't have much spare cash for authentic Aboriginal print T-shirts and didgeridoos and hand-carved charms representing the spirit of the land, so the shops along Kuranda's main street declined until only the hardiest and cheapest were left—themselves a strong disincentive to visit and stay awhile.

There were two on offer, each with its strong disincentive a doubled pawn, an opened file giving gangway to his centralized rook, which would then.

An even greater disincentive to embroiling Thomas Greenhow was that, if he came down to Tynemouth, her mind would inevitably be on the topic of Bulwer’s letter.

The United States and the United Nations would have to find a powerful disincentive for Syria (unlikely, given how the Arab world would react and the importance of Syria to the Middle East peace process) or else pay off the Syrians to actually shut down the smuggling.