Definitions For Incentivize

Verb

(transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage. : The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system. (transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives to. : They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.

Usage notes

Used relatively more than incent to refer to the use of systems of incentives.

Antonyms

disincentivize

Derived terms

incentivizer

Related terms

incent

Translations

German: begünstigen German: anreize schaffen, belohnen

Alternative forms

Etymology

incentive + ize

Is Incentivize a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
25
Words with Friends
29

The word Incentivize is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends

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