incentivize

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪz/ 🇺🇸 /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪz/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To provide someone with an incentive or motivation to do something; to offer a reward, benefit, or encouragement that stimulates a desired action or behavior.; To make something more attractive or appealing by attaching a reward or benefit to it.; To create conditions or structures that encourage a particular outcome or behavior, often used in policy, economics, or management contexts.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: incentivizes Past: incentivized Past part.: incentivized Pres part.: incentivizing

Collocations

incentivize employeesincentivize behaviorincentivize participationincentivize innovationincentivize customers

Derivatives

incentiveincentivizationdisincentivizeincentivized

Synonyms

motivateencouragestimulatespurprompt

Antonyms

discouragedisincentivizedeter

Commonly confused

incentive
EN: 'Incentive' is the noun (the reward or motivation itself); 'incentivize' is the verb (the act of providing an incentive).
motivate
EN: 'Motivate' is broader and can refer to internal drive; 'incentivize' specifically implies offering an external reward or benefit.

Spelling tips

EN: British English uses 'incentivise' (with 's'); American English uses 'incentivize' (with 'z'). The word is formed from 'incentive' + '-ize', so keep the 'e' before the suffix.

💬 Examples

  1. The company decided to incentivize employees with performance-based bonuses.

  2. The government incentivized the adoption of electric vehicles through tax credits.

  3. The new policy aims to incentivize small businesses to invest in renewable energy.