incentivize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To provide incentives for; to encourage. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive
    — The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
  2. To provide incentives to. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive
    — They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.

词形变化

incentivizes present,singular,third-person incentivizing participle,present incentivized participle,past incentivized past incentivise alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English incentive
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English incentivize
From incentive + -ize.
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