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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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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