"incentivize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsɛntɪvaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incentivize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: incentivizes [present, singular, third-person], incentivizing [participle, present], incentivized [participle, past], incentivized [past]
Etymology: incentive + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|incentive|ize}} incentive + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} incentivize (third-person singular simple present incentivizes, present participle incentivizing, simple past and past participle incentivized)
  1. (transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Categories (topical): Business, Economics Translations (to provide incentives for (a behavior or action)): begünstigen (German)
    Sense id: en-incentivize-en-verb-ZGWrugZi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 49 51 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 48 52 Topics: business, economics, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'to provide incentives for (a behavior or action)': 57 43
  2. (transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives to. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Categories (topical): Business, Economics Translations (to provide incentives to (a person or organization)): Anreize schaffen (German), belohnen (German)
    Sense id: en-incentivize-en-verb-bXOVMUgq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 49 51 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 48 52 Topics: business, economics, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'to provide incentives to (a person or organization)': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incentivise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: incentivizer Related terms: incent

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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