As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
INCENTIVIZE
Etymology
Verb
incentivize (third-person singular simple present incentivizes, present participle incentivizing, simple past and past participle incentivized)
(transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.
(transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives to.
Usage notes
• Used relatively more than incent to refer to the use of systems of incentives.
Antonyms
• disincentivize
Source: Wiktionary
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