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The emphasis is on the carrot of incentive rather than the stick of taxes.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
carrot and stick — Incentive and punishment, as alternative methods of persuasion • • • Main Entry: ↑carrot carrot and stick see under ↑carrot • • • Main Entry: ↑stick * * * carrot and stick phrase a mixture of promises and threats to persuade someone to do… … Useful english dictionary
carrot and stick — the promise of reward and threat of punishment at the same time The trade negotiators took a carrot and stick approach to the automobile talks … Idioms and examples
carrot and stick — If someone offers a carrot and stick, they offer an incentive to do something combined with the threat of punishment. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you use a carrot and stick approach, you use the promise of reward and the threat… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
carrot and stick — ADJ: ADJ n If an organization has a carrot and stick approach or policy, they offer people things in order to persuade them to do something and punish them if they refuse to do it. Congress also wants to use a carrot and stick approach to force… … English dictionary
carrot-and-stick — if you use a carrot and stick method to make someone do something, you both offer rewards and threaten punishments. I ve had to take the carrot and stick approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get. (always… … New idioms dictionary
carrot-and-stick — car·rot and stick (kărʹət ən stĭkʹ) adj. Combining a promised reward with a threatened penalty: took a carrot and stick approach to the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. * * * … Universalium
(a) carrot and stick approach — a carrot and stick (approach) rewards and punishments that influence someone s behavior. Our company uses a carrot and stick more money is the carrot, loss of your job is the stick. Usage notes: used in different forms to describe different… … New idioms dictionary
(a) carrot and stick — a carrot and stick (approach) rewards and punishments that influence someone s behavior. Our company uses a carrot and stick more money is the carrot, loss of your job is the stick. Usage notes: used in different forms to describe different… … New idioms dictionary
carrot — /ˈkærət / (say karuht) noun 1. a plant of the umbelliferous genus Daucus, especially D. carota, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its reddish edible root. 2. the root of this plant. 3. an incentive: to… …
carrot — noun 1 vegetable ADJECTIVE ▪ raw ▪ cooked, steamed ▪ baby ▪ chopped, diced (esp. BrE), grated … Collocations dictionary
