incentivize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪnˈsɛntɪvaɪz/
Etymology
Etymology tree English incentive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English incentivize From incentive + -ize.
Meanings
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(British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To provide incentives for; to encourage.
City staff are recommending ways Toronto can incentivize the construction of 20,000 purpose-built rental homes.
2024 October 30, Ethan Lang, “Toronto council to consider rental development incentives”, in CBC.ca:The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
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(British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To provide incentives to.
They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incentivized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| incentivized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| incentivizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| incentivise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| incentivizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
deincentivize · unincentivized · nonincentivized · incentivization · incentivizer · reincentivize
Relateds
Translations (5)
es incentivar (to provide incentives to (a person or organization)) · es incentivar (to provide incentives for (a behavior or action)) · de begünstigen (to provide incentives for (a behavior or action)) · de Anreize schaffen (to provide incentives to (a person or organization)) · de belohnen (to provide incentives to (a person or organization))