incentivize

[in-sen-ti-vahyz]

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verb (used with object), in·cen·ti·vized, in·cen·ti·viz·ing.

to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.

Also in·cent

[in-sent] /ɪnˈsɛnt/.

Origin of incentivize

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70

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Related Words for incentivize

encourage, motivate, stimulate, boost, excite, tap, galvanize, actuate, impel, incite, innervate, inspire, lead, move, propel, rouse, energize

Examples from the Web for incentivize

Contemporary Examples of incentivize

Their quarrel is with more recently formed verbs like incentivize.
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November 3, 2014
We need to incentivize local school districts to offer more advanced placement courses and more vocational and career training.
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February 13, 2013
You cannot engineer risk out of the system, or incentivize it away; it's baked into the cake.
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Megan McArdle
November 27, 2012
Can we use student loan forgiveness as a way to incentivize bright young people to enter particular fields?
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November 20, 2012
But we can extrapolate from previous experience that decapitation does incentivize Hamas to ease up on its attacks.
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British Dictionary definitions for incentivize

incentivize

incentivise

verb

(tr)
1. to provide (someone) with a good reason for wanting to do somethingwhy not incentivize companies to relocate?
2. to promote (something) with a particular incentivean incentivized share option scheme

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Word Origin and History for incentivize

by 1970, from incentive + -ize. Related: Incentivized; incentivizing.