incentivization

English

Etymology

From incentivize +‎ -ation.

Noun

incentivization (uncountable) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (US, business, economics) The act or process of incentivizing.
   • 2007 May 20, “Quality Control in Health Care (3 Letters)”, in New York Times‎:

     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.

Alternative forms

• incentivisation (non-Oxford British English)

Derived terms

• disincentivization