incentivize

verb

in·​cen·​tiv·​ize in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz 

incentivized; incentivizing

transitive verb

: to provide with an incentive

would incentivize employees with stock options

Examples of incentivize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The other measure seeks to incentivize housing construction in tight markets through the regular Community Development Block Grant program. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

This prior study was launched after a global technology company found that only 31% of its female software engineers were using an AI tool despite the company’s year-long campaign to incentivize AI adoption. — Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

So this bill would just provide greater options for households interested in doing so, and just one of a suite of provisions that focus on this financing aspect of the housing crisis and incentivize both households and developers to spend more of their capital in housing. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Teams such as the Nets and Bulls can add talent basically for free — and are incentivized to do so — while the expensive Wolves are trading a former All-Star to move down five picks in the draft. — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

incentive + -ize

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for incentivize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize