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

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With many teaching, government, nursing, firefighting and military jobs in public services offering low pay, the student loan forgiveness incentivizes graduates to enter these fields while working toward total loan forgiveness. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025 The subsidies, authorized by the bipartisan CHIPS Act, which former President Joe Biden signed in 2022, incentivized Micron and other chip manufacturers to expand domestically. —

Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 12 Feb. 2025 Drug companies and biotech investors make enough money to incentivize even more breakthroughs. —

Robin Fields, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025 Nontraditional donors, especially Arab Gulf states, could also be tapped to provide additional resources to incentivize host states to comply. —

Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for incentivize