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poker incentive

1. Also known as intuition
2. The feeling of confidence one gets when making stupid calls on a draw.
"Why the hell did you just do that?"
"It's called poker incentive"
"Do you mean intuition?"
"What are you, female?"
by G October 1, 2004
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Alternative Energy Incentives

Hey, I just gave an Alternative Energy Incentives-- good thing it wasn't OTEC.
by The Resolution December 22, 2008
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incentivize

Verb, apparently. American version of the much simpler root word "incent".

Why they can't seem to cope with this much simpler word, I don't know.. obviously doesn't sound important enough.
From dictionary.com (yes, that's right, it's listed - to make matters worse, their definition of "incent" says, "to incentivize"):

"This bill will help incentivize everybody to solve that part of the problem” (Richard A. Gephardt)."

How absurd is that. Gah.
by Grammar Police Sgt Killgore October 15, 2004
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incent

Verb; first used in the third presidential debate in 2004 by President Bush. Suspected meaning - to induce by promise of reward or avoidance of punishment (i.e. to give incentives) to others to embark on a particular course of action. One step below the pseudo-English word incentivize, usually used by economists to indicate their superior intelligence over the people who need the incentin'.
"We gotta incent those people to get off welfare by cuttin' off their child health benefit thingies."
by Starker Kull October 30, 2004
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incentify

To cause someone to be excited about what you're offering.
If you offer your customers a discount, this will incentify them (to buy from you).
by Melinda W July 20, 2008
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Alternative Energy Incentives

Lifting the tariff on Brazilian sugarcane ethanol.
An example of Alternative Energy Incentives is lifting the tariff on Brazilian sugarcane-based ethanol.
by The Framers August 25, 2008
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incentify

v 1: the act of motivating someone to acheive a desired result syn: induce, cause ant: inhibit 2: to implement a method of payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output syn: reward

Middle English, from Late Latin incentvum, from neuter of incentvus, inciting, from Latin, setting the tune, from incentus, past participle of incinere, to sound : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European Roots.
We will incentify the sales force to increase revenues with a new commission program.
by Bernard F. Czerwinski May 16, 2006
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