WordNet
n. a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something [syn: incentive scheme]
Wikipedia
An incentive program is a formal scheme used to promote or encourage specific actions or behavior by a specific group of people during a defined period of time. Incentive programs are particularly used in business management to motivate employees and in sales to attract and retain customers. Scientific literature also refers to this concept as pay for performance.
Usage examples of "incentive program".
The place had remained essentially abandoned for the next twenty years until the current population had arrived under a Commonwealth incentive program to provide some of the perpetually dispossessed peoples of Earth with land of their own.
I told him I was very sorry, but I could not compete with the airlines incentive program.
While some slaves accepted the incentive program, a number of problems did surface.
Whilesome slaves accepted the incentive program, a number of problems did surface.