incent

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incent

  • /ɪnˈsɛnt/

Rhymes with -ɛnt

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Back-formation from incentive. Clipping of incentivize

verb incents · incenting · incented

  1. US, transitive To provide an incentive to (a person or organization). We need to incent people to innovate more.
  2. US, transitive To provide an incentive for (something). We need to incent more innovation.

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verb to provide an incentive to (a person or organization)

DeutschAnreize schaffen
Русскийстимули́ровать stimulírovatʹ, побужда́ть pobuždátʹ, побуди́ть pobudítʹ, поощря́ть pooščrjátʹ, поощри́ть pooščrítʹ

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@misc{incent_2026,
  title = {incent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incent},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}