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Abschreckungsmittel

Substantiv

full

disincentive

noun

Definitions of disincentive

English

something (often a financial disadvantage) that makes people not want to do something

Lawyers have claimed that proposals to raise the threshold for small claims from £1,000 to £2,500 would be a disincentive to bring valid cases.