The award fees are incentives given by the government to reward good performance.

Options sometimes are used to motivate underperforming executives, and at other times to reward good past performance.

"You can reward good performance with bonuses for teachers and schools that do well," he said.

Yet the Army gave the contractors more than $18 million in incentive payments intended to reward good performance.

It rewards performance and does not interfere with individual divisions as long as profits increase.

To reward performance, companies also are sponsoring more incentive trips that combine business with family leisure.

An employee incentive is anything designed to reward peak performance in the workplace.

For once, we can reward performance by further investment and punish funds that do poorly.

Bonuses, he said, are meant to reward good performance and retain employees.

They've become like tips in restaurants: everyone expects one, so they can no longer be used well to reward good performance.