incents

in·cen·ti·vize

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [in-sen-ti-vahyz]
- /ɪnˈsɛn tɪˌvaɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [in-sen-ti-vahyz]
- /ɪnˈsɛn tɪˌvaɪz/

Definition of incents word

verb with object incents to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs. 1

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Origin of incents

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Incents

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Incents

incents popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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