Dictionary

incent en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈsɛnt/

Etymology

Back-formation from incentive. Clipping of incentivize

Meanings

1. (US, transitive) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
   • HUD programs to incent owners to maintain affordable housing units have preserved over 3,500 projects with about 300,000 units. 2009 July 15, Shelley Moore Capito, Legislative Options for Preserving Federally- and State-assisted Affordable Housing and Preventing Displacement of Low-income, Elderly, and Disabled Tenants, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, page 4:
   • incent investors to manage assets with a long-term perspective 2010 June 24, Al Gore, David Blood, “Toward Sustainable Capitalism”, in Wall Street Journal:
   • Whether it’s a sense of companionship or the promise of elicit conversations that border on phone sex, users are incented to grow closer and closer to their avatar (and, ultimately, to buy a physical body for them, something Jackie hinted at on a couple of occasions). 2017 August 17, Ry Crist, “Dawn of the sexbots”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), CNET:
   • We try to incent people to do it earlier, which levels the load. 2007 February 24, Damon Darlin, “At Intuit, What Comes After Taxes?”, in New York Times:
   • We need to incent people to innovate more.
2. (US, transitive) To provide an incentive for (something).
   • DUNCAN: The more we can reward excellence, the more we can incent excellence, the more we can get our best teachers to work in those hard to staff schools 2009 January 13, Arne Duncan, “Duncan Lays Out Positions in Confirmation Hearing”, in WBEZ Chicago Public Radio:
   • We need to incent more innovation.

Forms

Relateds

incentivise · incentivize

Translations (9)

de Anreize schaffen (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · cs motivovat (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · ru побужда́ть (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · ru поощря́ть (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · ru побуди́ть (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · ru стимули́ровать (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · cs poskytnout pobídku (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · cs stimulovat (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)) · ru поощри́ть (to provide an incentive to (a person or organization))