incentivize
verb /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪz/
/ɪnˈsentɪvaɪz/
(British English also incentivise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they incentivize | /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪz/ /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪz/ |
| he / she / it incentivizes | /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzɪz/ /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple incentivized | /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzd/ /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzd/ |
| past participle incentivized | /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzd/ /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzd/ |
| -ing form incentivizing | /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsentɪvaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to encourage somebody to behave in a particular way by offering them a reward
- incentivize something ways to incentivize innovation
- incentivize somebody to do something You need to incentivize your existing customers to stay with you.
- The government wants to incentivize people to switch to greener cars.