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- verb To remove an
incentive , or add adisincentive
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Examples
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The minister has ordered his staff to come up with new policies and other options to reform the refugee system and "disincentivize" false claimants.
Embassy 2009
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On NBC, he said the U.S. was trying to 'disincentivize' pirates from attacking U. S.-flagged ships, but added it hopes 'that the tribal elders in Somalia would encourage young men to look for other livelihoods, realizing that the lack of opportunity is what drives them to piracy in the first place.'
unknown title 2009
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Well, I guess that ought to work to (as they say) "disincentivize" driving into town.
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"disincentivize" mayors and governors from having to come to Washington to ask for very special earmarking of certain projects.
President Et Al On Middle Class Bill Of Rights ITY National Archives 1994
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Demographic and historical forces are pointing towards a future where the tax burden shifts away from employment, which we must incentivize, and towards certain things we must disincentivize, like pollution or energy waste.
Stephen Kent: Undead on Arrival: Why Payroll Tax Cuts Keep Coming Back -- Part 1 Stephen Kent 2010
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Right from the get-go, they were aggressive in acting to disincentivize smoking.
Fewer Heavy Users Among Shrinking US Smoking Population 2011
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And you tax something to disincentivize it, not to encourage it.
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They do nothing but disincentivize basic care, which doesn't cost much anyway.
Distribution of Health Care Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Demographic and historical forces are pointing towards a future where the tax burden shifts away from employment, which we must incentivize, and towards certain things we must disincentivize, like pollution or energy waste.
Stephen Kent: Undead on Arrival: Why Payroll Tax Cuts Keep Coming Back -- Part 1 Stephen Kent 2010
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Demographic and historical forces are pointing towards a future where the tax burden shifts away from employment, which we must incentivize, and towards certain things we must disincentivize, like pollution or energy waste.
Stephen Kent: Undead on Arrival: Why Payroll Tax Cuts Keep Coming Back -- Part 1 Stephen Kent 2010
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