incentivize

verb

in·cen·tiv·ize in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz

incentivized; incentivizing

: to provide with an incentive

would incentivize employees with stock options

Examples of incentivize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Biden administration has encouraged various investments into lithium processing domestically – under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, energy companies were incentivized to extract and process materials used in EV batteries in the U.S. to qualify for tax credits. —

Lindsey Choo, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Over on Facebook, a platform that has effectively incentivized all manner of weird AI spam, cooking pages are rife with AI pictures that supposedly show the finished results of a particular recipe. —

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024 All of this comes after a meeting at Netflix HQ, attended by a group of top agents and managers, where many expected to, or were at least hopeful of, hearing about a new payment model, one that particularly incentivizes rights ownership and back-end deals. —

Peter White, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024 Tax cuts that incentivize home builders to build affordable homes. —

Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for incentivize

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