Sentences with phrase «as an incentive if»

For instance, it can push the base price of an e-book up if it determines you are more likely to buy that particular item than an average user; conversely, it can adjust the price down as an incentive if you are judged less likely to purchase.

Not exact matches

Rewards and incentives are also a great way to increase productivity in the workplace — if they know they have a chance of being rewarded with, for example, a small bonus for their hard work, they will be much more driven as they will have something to work towards.

If the employer sees golden handcuffs as an incentive, then they communicate to that employee a very base relationship that fails to connect with a human experience.

Just as important, you should go into the meeting prepared, ready with a severance package that gives the individual an incentive to sign non-disclosure and non-compete agreements if need be, and to assent to a joint announcement.

If the US decided as a nation to reduce or eliminate incentives for homeownership, eliminating just the mortgage - interest deduction would, on average, eliminate about a third of that subsidy.

As you can see below, often those caps are so low compared to the actual cost of cleanup, some wonder if there's enough incentive to prevent disasters from happening in the first place.

Not everything is critical at this very moment; not all things are urgent or important in the scheme of our lives; and in a lot of cases if we're offered a reasonable choice and some (financial) incentives, we're perfectly willing to wait for stuff as long as (a) the choice is ours and (b) the choice isn't irrevocable.

As the rationale (or rationalization, if you ask me) of the tax bill was to support more hiring and capital investment to grow the economy, the GOP tax cut plan provided incentives to pass - throughs.

If the aim is to encourage anyone with residential space to offer it as housing rather than hotel rooms, the higher the transient occupancy tax, the stronger the incentive gradient.

If Airbnb hosts have to compete on a level playing field with San Francisco's 35,000 hotel rooms, running an Airbnb won't be as lucrative, and people will have less incentive to offer their properties to short - term guests.

Because of caps and incentives in Obamacare, even with contributions from the employee, these workers would take home $ 33,908 a year, or almost the same as if they worked 40 hours.

If you have a physical store, consider offering an incentive such as a small discount on new purchases to customers who will bring merchandise back in person.

A partnership can also serve as an incentive to attract new employees if they realize they may become partners at some point.

When shares of Capital Stock are to be issued upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Incentive Award, Google shall have the authority to withhold a number of such shares having a Fair Market Value at the date of the applicable taxable event determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations, as determined by Google in its sole discretion.

One of Chris Christie's last acts as governor was to approve tax incentives that could total about $ 7 billion if Amazon decides to put its second headquarters in Newark.

«This incentive applies to current homeowners as well because you're eligible for first - time buyer status if you haven't owned a home in two years.»

«Total CEO realized compensation» for a given year is defined as (i) Mr. Musk's salary, cash bonuses, non-equity incentive plan compensation and all other compensation as reported in «Executive Compensation — Summary Compensation Table» below, plus (ii) with respect to any stock option exercised by Mr. Musk in such year in connection with which shares of stock were also sold other than to satisfy the resulting tax liability, if any, the difference between the market price of Tesla common stock at the time of exercise on the exercise date and the exercise price of the option, plus (iii) with respect to any restricted stock unit vested by Mr. Musk in such year in connection with which shares of stock were also sold other than automatic sales to satisfy the Company's withholding obligations related to the vesting of such restricted stock unit, if any, the market price of Tesla common stock at the time of vesting, plus (iv) any cash actually received by Mr. Musk in respect of any shares sold to cover tax liabilities as described in (ii) and (iii) above, following the payment of such amounts.

If we terminate Mr. Drexler's employment without cause or he terminates his employment with good reason, Mr. Drexler will be entitled to receive (i) a payment of his earned but unpaid annual base salary through the termination date, any accrued vacation pay and any un-reimbursed expenses, and (ii) subject to Mr. Drexler's execution of a valid general release and waiver of claims against us, as well as his compliance with the non-competition, non-solicitation and confidential information restrictions described below, (a) a payment equal to his annual base salary and target cash incentive award, one - half of such payment to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date and the remaining one - half of such payment to be paid in six equal monthly installments commencing on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the termination date, (b) a payment equal to the product of (x) the last annual cash incentive award Mr. Drexler received prior to the termination date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of service completed by Mr. Drexler in the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365, such amount to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date, and (c) the immediate vesting of such portion of unvested restricted shares and stock options as provided and pursuant to the terms of the relevant grant agreements under our 2003 Equity Incentincentive award, one - half of such payment to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date and the remaining one - half of such payment to be paid in six equal monthly installments commencing on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the termination date, (b) a payment equal to the product of (x) the last annual cash incentive award Mr. Drexler received prior to the termination date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of service completed by Mr. Drexler in the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365, such amount to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date, and (c) the immediate vesting of such portion of unvested restricted shares and stock options as provided and pursuant to the terms of the relevant grant agreements under our 2003 Equity Incentincentive award Mr. Drexler received prior to the termination date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of service completed by Mr. Drexler in the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365, such amount to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date, and (c) the immediate vesting of such portion of unvested restricted shares and stock options as provided and pursuant to the terms of the relevant grant agreements under our 2003 Equity IncentiveIncentive Plan.

shares by which the share reserve may increase automatically each year, (3) the class and maximum number of shares that may be issued on the exercise of incentive stock options, (4) the class and maximum number of shares subject to stock awards that can be granted in a calendar year (as established under the 2017 Plan under Section 162 (m) of the Code), and (5) the class and number of shares and exercise price, strike price, or purchase price, if applicable, of all outstanding stock awards.

Indeed, incentives for commercializing are essentially seen as perverse, because if a faculty member is spending time commercializing research then, by current evaluation standards, they are not doing their real job.

the disposition of shares of common stock to us, or the withholding of shares of common stock by us, in a transaction exempt from Section 16 (b) of the Exchange Act solely in connection with the payment of taxes due with respect to the vesting or settlement of RSUs granted under our equity incentive plans or pursuant to a contractual employment arrangement described elsewhere in this prospectus, insofar as such RSU is outstanding as of the date of this prospectus; provided, that, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act will clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that such disposition to us or withholding by us of shares or securities was solely to us pursuant to the circumstances described in this clause;

Subsequent tax incentives in the 1980s (such as Section 1042 of the Internal Revenue Code) allowed owners of privately held businesses to defer their capital gains taxes when they sold more than 30 % of C corporations to the employees and managers through ESOPs or eligible worker cooperatives.15 Often, retiring entrepreneurs would sell 100 % in stages so that they could fully retire if they had no heir to operate the company or the family wished to cash out on their stake.

Even if you're getting «special» incentives for using an in - house lender, it pays to compare the offer with those from other lenders — that deal might not be as «special» as you think.

If cash flow has been flowing less than you'd prefer, here are a few of Durand's suggestions for amping it up: Establish regular invoicing procedures (and to boost cash flow, consider switching from a monthly invoicing cycle to a biweekly invoicing practice); offer incentives to customers for paying invoices early, such as small percentages off; and finally, don't let past - due invoices fester.

If those guys are largely right about the incentive factors that would then come into play (and especially if Americans were moderating their economic libertarianism with devotion to family, virtue, community, and God, as your work would urge them to), then by no means would that cause the social welfare policy disaster most liberals assume it woulIf those guys are largely right about the incentive factors that would then come into play (and especially if Americans were moderating their economic libertarianism with devotion to family, virtue, community, and God, as your work would urge them to), then by no means would that cause the social welfare policy disaster most liberals assume it woulif Americans were moderating their economic libertarianism with devotion to family, virtue, community, and God, as your work would urge them to), then by no means would that cause the social welfare policy disaster most liberals assume it would.

And, as Smith notes, a problem with mere prudentialism is that its adoption is imprudent «because if people realize that the point of «morality» is really to get what we want, then people will lose their incentive to respect the moral - prudential imperatives that prudence itself imposes whenever those imperatives seem to impede us from getting what we want.»

Here are three typical answers: «He is as much a necessity to my spiritual existence as the elements of pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.&raquas much a necessity to my spiritual existence as the elements of pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.&raquas the elements of pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.&raquAs for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.»

If there were more certainty as to what has the final authority to command our lives, would there not be a far smaller gap between knowledge of the right and the incentive to do it?

As anyone who can reason knows is that sometimes the only reason that convinces anyone to protect anything has to do with the wallet, so if everyone stopped eating honey to «protect» the bees, there would be no reason for beekeepers, there would be no financial incentive to protect bees (yes, politicians are that dumb), and soon, there would be no more bees.

That's my logic, but as stated above, GarPax have incentive to retain him, so I bet they are comfortable hitting that 20 mil number for 4 - 5 years if need be, which is another factor as to why they are horrendous team managers.

I know the fans want to see 7 goals each game but as a player if you know you're going to win easily there isn't a lot of incentive to try harder.

saying that the keynesian conception is about spending what you earn is the opposite of what it stands for (its actually what you haplessly describe as the neoclassical position) beyond the even more meaningless claim that wenger adheres to it... keynes broke with the idea that the economy was simply a collection of perfectly informed individuals and firms responding rationally to price incentives generated by market forces and that the big variables that frame an economies performance — output, employment, price level, wages, etc — tend to move in cycles and are shaped by decisions and judgements made under hugely uncertain conditions that if left to markets generate bad outcomes..

Pelley noted his organization had to offer the same financial incentives as its US counterpart if it hoped to feature young golfers, who tend to make their bones in Europe and then take their promising games across the Atlantic.

As a direct result of their slump in form, Birmingham now reside in 19th, just one place off the foot of the table but, encouragingly, only a point off safety meaning a positive return from this weekend's clash with Bolton, preferrably in the form of a win, which would go some way to avenging their bitter FA Cup Sixth Round defeat, could, depending on how others in close proximity fare elsewhere, lift the club jump out of the dreaded relegation zone — a tasty incentive for the players if ever I saw one.

The whole Bolton squad will be wary of their Bolton futures, playing for their contracts if you like, and that could be a tasty little incentive for the Bolton players as they head into a couple of final fixtures with no pressure whatsoever to win them.

If that's not an incentive to plug away at Stamford Bridge and make the next 90 minutes as difficult as possible for their more glamorous opponents, we don't know what is.

This year the play yard is currently sitting out on our front porch as an incentive... if the girls get too rough with the ornaments, up it will go!

I have seen many early childhood nurses, a speech pathologist, a lactation consultant and am seeing a osteopath and everyone says that maybe he will grow out of it and maybe even if things could change he just doesn't have any incentive to change how he feeds as he gets all the milk he wants and it doesn't hurt or bother him.

Furthermore, I think schools will always have the incentive to put junk on the a la carte line (to whatever degree the future regulations will allow) if only to keep kids from spending their money off campus or on similar junk food offered by student groups, etc. as fundraisers.

Even if there isn't a twin discount, a good manager will be able to typically offer you some kind of incentive, such as an extra week of free lessons, to offset your costs.

There are restrictions to every Seven Slings discount coupon so that the manufacturer offering them won't get gypped by their own incentive, such as $ 10 off your total purchase if and only if you spend more than $ 25 off of Baby Sling apparel (since anything less than $ 25 would seem less of an incentive to buy and more of a giveaway).

Even if the baby does not seem interested in doing any of the things that you ask it is still important to encourage him and to offer some treats as an incentive for them to do it in future.

The incentive should be something small and fun but not something that would be seen as punishment if it were not received.

These incentives and policy instruments could be financial, but they could also be lighter - touch regulatory and market mechanisms that help SMEs (unlike mechanisms such as auctions that are barriers to small players who do not have corporate back - up and who need to know the value of their product in advance if they are to raise funds).

To avoid being deserted mid-term, the Conservatives will have to work hard to keep the Liberal Democrats happy, and David Cameron will have strong incentives to do so as his position as leader will come under pressure if he can not keep the show on the road.

If the fund is too large, there are opportunity costs with the funds being tied up in reserve, as well as a worry that it would reduce incentives for careful expenditure planning.

While there are compelling reasons from the perspective of poorly paid (or unemployed) workers in eastern and southern Europe to relocate to higher wage economies in the west and north of Europe, there is little incentive for British workers to go to the post-2004 EU countries where the quality of life is lower and minimum wage is as low as # 1.36 per hour, if it exists at all.

Of course, if the company or brand has an official Fan Page, their updates will also show up on the Community Page, potentially giving brands under attack an incentive to publish constantly (as NMS CEO Pete Snyder suggested during Jeff's briefing).

If they signalled they wouldn't do so, two immediate points of interest come to mind: 1) If Labour were the largest party, or even in a whole UK majority, but the Tories were the largest rump UK party, the Liberal Democrats could more easily claim a renewed coalition with the Conservatives was preferable to a centre - left alliance, since a government that would lose its majority within a year would be unable to govern effectively; 2) A Labour or Labour - led government following a «yes» vote would have an incentive to push back the date of independence as far as possible.

stickK.com gives users the option of putting money on the line as an incentive for success; if they do not achieve their goal, the money is forfeited to a designated recipient, usually a charity (or for some, their «anti-charity», e.g., either the Bush or Clinton Presidential Library).