0 something that makes people not want to do something or not work hard:
1 something that makes a person or organization less willing to do something:
A culture of corruption is a disincentive to investment and trade.
serve as/act as a disincentive High severance costs can act as a disincentive to hire new workers.
a disincentive (for sb) to do sth The tax on large pensions could be a disincentive to save for retirement.
a disincentive to doing sth Working on a fixed-fee basis is a disincentive to agreeing to act for certain clients.
create/provide a disincentive Prices send signals to producers telling them what to supply, while taxes create disincentives.
The 1859 law allowed the registration of haciendas and labour contracts, but the $.10 per contract charge acted as a disincentive to the system's use.
This is such a disincentive to early elections that none have been called since the implementation of the 1975 constitution.
A reward or punishment, unlike an incentive or disincentive, is understood to be merited or deserved.
Negligent mistakes can be penalized as lesser included public-welfare offences with monetary disincentives.
Alienation of a large share of agricultural produce from the real cultivator acted as disincentive for the producer.
It might be imagined that explicit disincentives could also be used to motivate workers.
There will be a clear disincentive to convert financial wealth into annuity income as the former will not be means tested while the latter will.
To highlight the effect of disincentives, they play two games that are identical except that one allows employers to punish workers for shirking.
