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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Universal Display licenses its technology, with Chinese manufacturers producing panels used in products exported globally—not just to the U.S.
Considering the U.S. remains a crucial market for finished goods, China may be incentivized to reach a resolution, easing long-term trade tension effects.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
In this case, because egg prices have already been high and consumers have still been buying, stores aren’t incentivized to decrease them yet.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
The percentage fee incentivized the insurer to pay the doctors as little as possible.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
Trump’s tariffs, then, could incentivize these kinds of shifts; to force American companies to build up supply chain resilience.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
In this case, because egg prices have already been high and consumers have still been buying, stores aren’t incentivized to decrease them yet.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
The percentage fee incentivized the insurer to pay the doctors as little as possible.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
Trump’s tariffs, then, could incentivize these kinds of shifts; to force American companies to build up supply chain resilience.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 9 Apr. 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 19 Apr. 2025.
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