spur
merangsang
definition
verb
she spurred her horse toward the hedge
urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.
noun
Jacobs said he used the spurs to control the horse and that any force he used was to control the horse and keep himself out of danger.
a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
profit was both the spur and the reward of enterprise
a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive.
example
wars act as a 'spur' to practical invention
Inequality is natural, inevitable and may even be a good thing - a 'spur' to ambition, competition and achievement.
Officials hope it will 'spur' the development of the corporate bond market in Hong Kong, boosting the city's role as a regional financial centre.
The hilltop 'spur' has stunning views across the Severn valley.
Everyone knows that competition can be both healthy (acting as a 'spur' to progress) or negative, which is hurtful as well as wasteful.
Their continuing presence is a 'spur' to violence.
It is hoped that the bank will cut its interest rates to 'spur' growth when its council next meets on Thursday.
governments cut interest rates to 'spur' demand
‘The new rules are designed to 'spur' people into putting more into their pension pot,’ Holt adds.
The government says the tax cuts are needed to 'spur' a stagnant economy.
However, planners were reluctant to commit to having a rail 'spur' open by late 2010.
Any player averaging a hat-trick per game over an entire season is clearly not lacking talent, but Ross claims that enthusiasm is his main 'spur' .
For those not yet at the repayment date this could be a 'spur' to reconsider their mortgages.
'spur' back the lateral shoots
The gallery formed a 'spur' jutting off the main building and was entered at its eastern end through the door that had not been walled up after Elizabeth's visit.
This is a very pleasant descent down a tributary valley with the distinctive 'spur' known as the Tongue prominent on the opposite side of the stream.
For example, proximity to one's home and community may act as a 'spur' to some to fight harder.
To some extent, this has undoubtedly acted as a 'spur' to research, but I believe that it distorts more than it reveals, and that all ultimately lose by the process.
The terrain between the 'spur' of the mountain range and the sea is flat and thickly forested.
He said the nation needed foreign investors who would help 'spur' economic development.
Computer makers hope that, along with reasonable prices, this will 'spur' demand.
Built on a wooded 'spur' above the town, the chapel is visible from almost six miles (ten kilometers) away.
They have been cited as a 'spur' to a recovery in business confidence, though the evidence of this is not clear-cut and, in the case of Japan, flatly contradictory.
Her experience on the show acted as a 'spur' to her ambition and she flew to California with £750 in her pocket.
A rise in gas prices will 'spur' development of alternative energy sources.
Hilbert's problems were a 'spur' to some of the most productive mathematical research of the 20th century.
it's an easy walk up the 'spur' that leads to the summit
governments cut interest rates to 'spur' demand
One difficulty is that improvements in technology 'spur' improvements in armaments.
The effects of the steroid was to quadruple testosterone levels in the body which helped 'spur' dramatic muscle growth, essential for swimming.
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