incentivize
verb
in·cen·tiv·ize
in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz 
incentivized; incentivizing
: to provide with an incentive
would incentivize employees with stock options
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Builders should be incentivized to recruit students from vocational high schools like Father Judge, but also any grad with an interest in a trade apprenticeship regardless of prior skills or experience.
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
However, higher mortgage rates also had a lock-in effect on existing homeowners, incentivizing them to hold onto their cheaper monthly payments and postpone any plans to sell their properties until rates might come down.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
During times when IPOs are hot and stocks are flying after their debut, investors are incentivized to hold and pocket the gains after the lockup period expires.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 27 May 2025
The first is that Big Food and Big Pharma are incentivized to make and keep us sick.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
However, higher mortgage rates also had a lock-in effect on existing homeowners, incentivizing them to hold onto their cheaper monthly payments and postpone any plans to sell their properties until rates might come down.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
During times when IPOs are hot and stocks are flying after their debut, investors are incentivized to hold and pocket the gains after the lockup period expires.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 27 May 2025
The first is that Big Food and Big Pharma are incentivized to make and keep us sick.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for incentivize
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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