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incentivize

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in⋅cen⋅ti⋅vize

  [in-sen-ti-vahyz]
Use incentivize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), ‑vized, ‑viz⋅ing.
to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism
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in·cen·tiv·ize   (ĭn-sěn'tə-vīz')   
tr.v.   in·cen·tiv·ized, in·cen·tiv·iz·ing, in·cen·tiv·iz·es
To offer incentives or an incentive to; motivate: "This bill will help incentivize everybody to solve that part of the problem" (Richard A. Gephardt).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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