Incent
Origin
Back-formation from {{3}}
Full definition of incent
Verb
- (transitive, US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).We need to incent people to innovate more.
- 2007, February 24, Damon Darlin, At Intuit, What Comes After Taxes?, We try to incent people to do it earlier, which levels the load.
- 2010, June 24, w, Toward Sustainable Capitalism, incent investors to manage assets with a long-term perspective
- (transitive, US) To provide an incentive for (something).We need to incent more innovation.
- 2009, January 13, w, Duncan Lays Out Positions in Confirmation Hearing , DUNCAN: The more we can reward excellence, the more we can incent excellence, the more we can get our best teachers to work in those hard to staff schools
Usage notes
Less common than incentivize at COCA.
Used relatively more than incentivize to refer to providing an incentive for an individual action.