incentivize
English
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edit- incentivise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
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edit- IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɛntɪvaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
editincentivize (third-person singular simple present incentivizes, present participle incentivizing, simple past and past participle incentivized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.
- The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
- (transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives to.
- They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.
Usage notes
edit- Used relatively more than incent to refer to the use of systems of incentives.
Antonyms
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editto provide incentives for (a behavior or action)
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Further reading
edit- “incentivize”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries