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incentivization

incentivization noun: the act or process of incentivizing.

Noun

incentivization (uncountable)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) The 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

Forms of incentivization

alternative formincentivisation

Origin of incentivization

From incentivize + -ation.

Words formed from incentivization

Questions about incentivization

What does incentivization mean?
Incentivization means the act or process of incentivizing.
What part of speech is incentivization?
Incentivization is a noun.

Words near incentivization in the dictionary

  1. incentivisation
  2. incentivise
  3. incentivised
  4. incentivises
  5. incentivising
  6. incentivization
  7. incentivize
  8. incentivized
  9. incentivizer
  10. incentivizers
  11. incentivizes

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