"incentivise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsɛntɪvaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incentivize.wav [UK] Forms: incentivise [canonical], incentivises [third-person, singular], incentivised [past], incentivised [past, participle], incentivising [present, participle]
Etymology: incentive + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|incentive|ise}} incentive + -ise Head templates: {{verb|incentivis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you incentivise someone, you provide them with incentives so as to encourage them to do something.
    Sense id: simple-incentivise-en-verb-lYcWy6FZ Categories (other): Economics
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