Collocations for incentive - noun

big, generous, good, great, huge, massive (esp. BrE)
powerful, strong
adequate, sufficient
main, major
added, additional, extra, more
less
little
There was little incentive to conduct research.

real
clear
US companies faced a clear incentive to downsize.

direct
direct financial incentives to have smaller families

important
positive
special
attractive
perverse
long-term
political
commercial, economic, financial, fiscal, monetary
cash
material
price, tax
sales
investment
performance, work
employee
employee incentives such as bonuses and commission

federal, government

act as, be
It was thought that this would act as an incentive for couples to adopt older children.

have
She had the added incentive of being within reach of the world record.

need
give (sb/sth), offer (sb/sth), provide (sb/sth with)
create
The government has created tax incentives to encourage investment.

receive
companies that receive government incentives

increase
reduce
undermine
High taxation rates have undermined work incentives.

eliminate, remove, take away

plan, programme/program, scheme (BrE), structure, system
an incentive system based on supervisors' evaluations
The company operates a share incentive scheme for its workers.

policy
award, bonus, fee, package, pay, payment

incentive to
an incentive to investment

have every incentive
Companies have every incentive to put up prices.

a lack of incentive
There is a lack of incentive to undertake new investment.