SINCE 1828
carrot-and-stick
adjective
car·rot-and-stick
| \ˌker-ət-ᵊn-ˈstik,
ˌka-rət-\
ˌka-rət-\
Definition of carrot-and-stick
: characterized by the use of both reward and punishment to induce cooperation carrot-and-stick foreign policy the carrot-and-stick style of sales management
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