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 researchers suggest inventors should be incentivized to prioritize the best ideas, regardless of origin, since building new technologies requires significant time, money, and risk. —Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Outside of the fact that why is Nike incentivizing this kind of work? —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025

There aren’t enough gas turbines, or enough interest from utilities in building new gas plants, to meet Texas’s skyrocketing energy needs or deliver the power the TEF was meant to incentivize. —Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025

That trend may accelerate for 2025 as new rules in the European Union incentivize other automakers like Stellantis to pay Tesla to count its electric vehicles as part of their own pool for emissions. —ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for incentivize

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