incentivize
verb
in·cen·tiv·ize
in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz 
incentivized; incentivizing
: to provide with an incentive
would incentivize employees with stock options
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Additionally, the low rates and the rise in home prices incentivized those who were already homeowners to refinance their mortgages, hoping to lower their monthly payments and reduce the amount of total interest paid over the long term.
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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
The philanthropy says its policy also avoids pitfalls of the APC business model, which has been blamed for incentivizing journals to churn out papers of limited value and supporting predatory journals that publish papers with no peer review at all.
—Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 1 Apr. 2024
Electric vehicles remain on average more expensive than their gas counterparts, made worse by a decline in government subsidies incentivizing drivers to switch from gas vehicles and higher interest rates for car loans.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ new program to give prepaid debit cards to migrants in the city risks incentivizing more people to settle in the city despite the mayor’s claim the city is full, a New York council member argued.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
Many are incentivized by the prospect of permanent residence.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
Critics say the system incentivizes the sharing of inflammatory content.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
Apple is also accused of deliberately making the quality of cross-platform messaging worse and less secure to incentivize users of other smartphones like Android to instead switch to an iPhone.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
This would likely incentivize young couples to start having children earlier and more often since their age for a first child strongly predicts a woman’s lifetime fertility.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
The philanthropy says its policy also avoids pitfalls of the APC business model, which has been blamed for incentivizing journals to churn out papers of limited value and supporting predatory journals that publish papers with no peer review at all.
—Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 1 Apr. 2024
Electric vehicles remain on average more expensive than their gas counterparts, made worse by a decline in government subsidies incentivizing drivers to switch from gas vehicles and higher interest rates for car loans.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ new program to give prepaid debit cards to migrants in the city risks incentivizing more people to settle in the city despite the mayor’s claim the city is full, a New York council member argued.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
Many are incentivized by the prospect of permanent residence.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
Critics say the system incentivizes the sharing of inflammatory content.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
Apple is also accused of deliberately making the quality of cross-platform messaging worse and less secure to incentivize users of other smartphones like Android to instead switch to an iPhone.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
This would likely incentivize young couples to start having children earlier and more often since their age for a first child strongly predicts a woman’s lifetime fertility.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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