incentivization

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noun

The act or process of incentivizing.

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Meanings

nounincentivization (uncountable)

alternative incentivisation

  1. BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountablebusinessThe act or process of incentivizing.

    It’s about time that the sleeping giant (the health care industry) wakes up, smells the coffee and learns from other giants (like the manufacturing industry): process improvement, incentivization and healthy competition are drivers of change to control costs in the current health care system.

    2007 May 20, “Quality Control in Health Care (3 Letters)”, in New York Times

Origin

From incentivize + -ation.

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APA

incentivization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incentivization

MLA

“incentivization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incentivization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incentivization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incentivization.

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