incentivize

verb

in·cen·tiv·ize | \ in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz

How to pronounce incentivize (audio)

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incentivized; incentivizing

Definition of incentivize

transitive verb

: to provide with an incentive would incentivize employees with stock options

Examples of incentivize in a Sentence

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To generate revenue from Medicare and to incentivize patients to use its drugs, Actelion referred Medicare patients to the foundation. — Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, "J&J’s Actelion to Pay $360 Million in Federal Probe of Payments to Charity," 6 Dec. 2018 Epic settled on a unique scoring system for the Summer Skirmish final, one informed by those previous tournaments and tweaked to incentivize a solid blend of conservative camping and aggressive combat. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "Epic’s Summer Skirmish series was a beta for the future of competitive Fortnite," 6 Sep. 2018 When President Trump signed the Opportunity Zone program into law as part of the 2017 tax overhaul, the administration said the goal was to incentivize investment in economically distressed areas. — Konrad Putzier, WSJ, "Luxury Developers in Miami Eye Low-Income Tax Breaks," 30 Apr. 2019 The Clinton profit-sharing initiative, though worthy in its way, was designed as a somewhat opaque tax measure that would incentivize companies to adopt profit-sharing plans. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "Top House Democrats join Elizabeth Warren’s push to fundamentally change American capitalism," 14 Dec. 2018 Slack monthly reviews Source: WSJ analysis of Glassdoor data Glassdoor warns companies not to coerce employees to post positive reviews or to incentivize them to do so with money or prizes. — Andrea Fuller, WSJ, "How Companies Secretly Boost Their Glassdoor Ratings," 22 Jan. 2019 Meanwhile, CEO pay has soared as executive compensation has been redesigned to incentivize shareholder gains, and the CEOs have delivered. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "Top House Democrats join Elizabeth Warren’s push to fundamentally change American capitalism," 14 Dec. 2018 The groups receive a fair price for their raw materials to incentivize conservation of existing resources, rather than converting land to industrial agriculture. — Eviana Hartman, Vogue, "Francisco Costa is Back—With the Chicest Sustainable Beauty Brand You’ve Ever Seen," 16 Dec. 2018 On days when your motivation wanes, incentivize yourself with a mini reward system, suggests Mansour. — Jenny Mccoy, SELF, "13 Mental Strategies to Help You Stick With Your New Exercise Routine," 4 Jan. 2019

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