incentivize

Verb

To provide incentives for; to encourage.
To provide incentives to.

Examples

The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.

Origin / Etymology

From incentive + -ize.

Antonyms

disincentivize

Scrabble Score: 25

incentivize: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
incentivize: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incentivize: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 29

incentivize: valid Words With Friends Word