"incentivise" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: incentivises [present, singular, third-person], incentivising [participle, present], incentivised [participle, past], incentivised [past]
Etymology: From incentive + -ise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|incentive|ise}} incentive + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} incentivise (third-person singular simple present incentivises, present participle incentivising, simple past and past participle incentivised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of incentivize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: incentivize Synonyms: incentivize [British, English, Oxford, US]
    Sense id: en-incentivise-en-verb-z9hgyowu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise

Inflected forms

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