English

Alternative forms

• incentivise

Verb

incentivize ‎(third-person singular simple present incentivizes, present participle incentivizing, simple past and past participle incentivized)

1. (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.

   The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.

2. (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives to.

   They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.

Usage notes

• Used relatively more than incent to refer to the use of systems of incentives.

Antonyms

• disincentivize

Related terms

• incent