carrot-and-stick

adjective

car·rot-and-stick | \ ˌker-ət-ᵊn-ˈstik

, 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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