incentive - inducement, reward, motivation, something that encourages⏎
exceed - outdo, be superior, overstep⏎
hypothetical - suppositional, imaginary⏎
factor - quality, feature, component, cause, influence⏎
hitch - problem, difficulty⏎
excessive - exorbitant, unwarranted, superfluous, unreasonably high⏎
independent - unconnected, uncontrolled, unsupported, unrelated⏎
ineligible - unqualified, rejected⏎
mark-up - increase in price, overcharge⏎
item - object, article, component⏎