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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In addition to wage support measures, Benetton Group is expected to incentivize voluntary retirement, the Filctem-Cgil general secretary offered.
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Martino Carrera, WWD, 4 July 2024
Consider using an employee referral program, incentivizing staff to refer quality candidates by offering monetary awards when referrals are hired.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Demographic and other societal changes will shrink China’s labor force, and that will build pressure to continue upgrading its production activity and incentivizing its enterprises to internationalize.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 July 2024
Those shifts in opinion coincide with the Biden administration’s push to incentivize new renewable energy projects since he was elected in 2020.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 July 2024
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Martino Carrera, WWD, 4 July 2024
Consider using an employee referral program, incentivizing staff to refer quality candidates by offering monetary awards when referrals are hired.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Demographic and other societal changes will shrink China’s labor force, and that will build pressure to continue upgrading its production activity and incentivizing its enterprises to internationalize.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 July 2024
Those shifts in opinion coincide with the Biden administration’s push to incentivize new renewable energy projects since he was elected in 2020.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 July 2024
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.
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