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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American cities like Los Angeles and Pittsburgh have been rolling out something similar: Taxes on the amount of impermeable area on a property, like concrete, that incentivize landowners to develop gardens and other green spaces instead.
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Matt Simon, WIRED, 22 Apr. 2024
In arrangements like Medicare Advantage, where insurers are paid set amounts for members’ care, they’re incentivized to keep those patients healthy.
—Tara Bannow, STAT, 18 Apr. 2024
Jenny Schuetz, a housing policy expert at the Brookings Institution, says in trying to incentivize older adults to move out of homes that are now too large for them, different tools are needed depending on their geography and financial resources.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
Suddenly, academic institutions were incentivized to license those patents to the private sector where they could be transformed into valuable goods and services, while stimulating entrepreneurship among the researchers who came up with those inventions in the first place.
—Jungsang Kim, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
Current compensation structures for software salespeople incentivize them to sell for volume to generate revenue for the company, not to sell at a product’s net price for profitability.
—Chris Mele, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Left said country should also incentivize people to invest in the stock market.
—Kiuyan Wong, Fortune Asia, 26 Mar. 2024
Washington has sought to incentivize these groups by promising them political backing.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2024
Additionally, the low rates and the rise in home prices incentivized those who were already homeowners to refinance their mortgages, hoping to lower their monthly payments and reduce the amount of total interest paid over the long term.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Matt Simon, WIRED, 22 Apr. 2024
In arrangements like Medicare Advantage, where insurers are paid set amounts for members’ care, they’re incentivized to keep those patients healthy.
—Tara Bannow, STAT, 18 Apr. 2024
Jenny Schuetz, a housing policy expert at the Brookings Institution, says in trying to incentivize older adults to move out of homes that are now too large for them, different tools are needed depending on their geography and financial resources.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
Suddenly, academic institutions were incentivized to license those patents to the private sector where they could be transformed into valuable goods and services, while stimulating entrepreneurship among the researchers who came up with those inventions in the first place.
—Jungsang Kim, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
Current compensation structures for software salespeople incentivize them to sell for volume to generate revenue for the company, not to sell at a product’s net price for profitability.
—Chris Mele, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Left said country should also incentivize people to invest in the stock market.
—Kiuyan Wong, Fortune Asia, 26 Mar. 2024
Washington has sought to incentivize these groups by promising them political backing.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2024
Additionally, the low rates and the rise in home prices incentivized those who were already homeowners to refinance their mortgages, hoping to lower their monthly payments and reduce the amount of total interest paid over the long term.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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