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/ɪnˈsɛntɪvaɪz/ · verb
(transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage..
The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
City staff are recommending ways Toronto can incentivize the construction of 20,000 purpose-built rental homes.
They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.
Use incentivize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Incentivize means (transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include disincentivize.
The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
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