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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However, the Tax Foundation has found the No Tax on Tips Act could create tax disparities between tipped and non-tipped working class employees and incentivize employers to not provide basic wage increases.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
By pulling away from Europe, Trump could be incentivizing the bloc to up its defense spending, which would allow America to divert more of its resources toward countering China.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Taxation on labor income should be modest enough to incentivize hard work and also allow for the accumulation of new wealth, while capital taxation should target income rather than wealth or inheritances.
—Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
Even Jokic has been incentivized to throw his head back and arms in the air enough to get a Daytime Emmy.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
By pulling away from Europe, Trump could be incentivizing the bloc to up its defense spending, which would allow America to divert more of its resources toward countering China.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Taxation on labor income should be modest enough to incentivize hard work and also allow for the accumulation of new wealth, while capital taxation should target income rather than wealth or inheritances.
—Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
Even Jokic has been incentivized to throw his head back and arms in the air enough to get a Daytime Emmy.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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