carrot
noun/ˈkærət/
Слово англійською: carrot
Переклад carrot українською: мо́рква
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable] a long pointed orange root vegetable
- grated carrot
- a slice of carrot cake
- a pound of carrots
- a bag of baby carrots
- a glass of carrot juice
- carrot sticks (= long thin pieces)
- [countable] a reward promised to somebody in order to persuade them to do something synonym incentive
- They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.
- It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French carotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karōton.
Idioms
the carrot and (the) stick (approach)
- if you use the carrot and stick approach, you persuade somebody to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not
- The emphasis is on the carrot of incentive rather than the stick of taxes.
Extra Examples- to adopt the carrot-and-stick approach
- He decided to use the carrot and stick approach.