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incentivare

to incentivise

verb een-chen-tee-VAH-reh Rare

Also means

to encourage

Usage Note

Incentivare means to provide incentives for a behaviour or activity — incentivare il lavoro = to incentivise work, incentivare la creatività = to encourage creativity. It is a regular -are verb taking avere as auxiliary. Common in economic, business, and educational writing. The related noun is incentivo (incentive).

Examples

"Il governo vuole incentivare l'uso delle energie rinnovabili."

Natural Translation

The government wants to incentivise the use of renewable energy.

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