dis‧in‧cen‧tive/ˌdɪsənˈsentɪv, ˌdɪsɪnˈsentɪv/ noun[COUNTABLE] something that makes people less willing to do something OPP incentive disincentive to (doing/do) something ▪ High interest rates can be a disincentive to expanding a business.
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN effect ▪ The growth and health of the black and informal economies is one clear evidence of the disincentiveeffects of taxation. ▪ The excessive concern with disincentiveeffects has resulted in a less equitable system of taxation. ▪ Attempts were made in 1988 to resolve this disincentiveeffect. ▪ Despite the evidence, the Conservative government in the 1980s has been determined to lower income taxation to offset its disincentiveeffects. ▪ Mr Smith implicitly recognises the disincentiveeffect. ▪ On both counts these experiments might be expected to show strong disincentiveeffects on work. ▪ Beyond t *;, higher tax rates reduce revenue because disincentiveeffects greatly reduce the supply of the quantity being taxed. ▪ If taxes rise simultaneously there is the prospect of a major disincentiveeffect 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.