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incentivize, v.
Brit. |ɪnˈsɛntɪvʌɪz|, U.S. |ɪnˈsɛn(t)əˌvaɪz|
Forms: 19– incentivise, 19– incentivize
[‹ incentive n. + -ize suffix.]
trans. To motivate or encourage (a person, esp. an employee or customer) by providing a (usually financial) incentive; also with to and infinitive. Also: to make (a product, scheme, etc.) attractive by offering an incentive for purchase or participation.
1968Guardian 10 June 7/6 You have got to appeal to people's greed. The most successful station operators incentivise their forecourt staff. 1980Time 28 Jan. 90/2 Americans were not conserving gasoline because they were ‘not sufficiently incentivized’. 1987New Yorker 6 Apr. 61/3 Betamax owners had been ‘incentivized to zip right past the commercial’. 1991Incentive Today Oct. 15 (advt.) Our range of products and Gift Vouchers have the motivational impact that can be relied upon to incentivise and impress your customers or staff. 1997Mod. Railways July 416/1 We..have already introduced a number of innovative offers aimed at attracting new custom to rail; they also showed that we need to continue to incentivise advance purchase and thus guarantee seat reservations. 2001J. Wolcott Catsitters xv. 93 ‘Why did you let me think they might?’ ‘I knew it might ‘incentivize’ you.’ |