CARROT


Meaning of CARROT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kærət ]

( carrots)

1.

Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.

N-VAR

2.

Something that is offered to people in order to persuade them to do something can be referred to as a carrot . Something that is meant to persuade people not to do something can be referred to in the same sentence as a ‘stick’.

They will be set targets, with a carrot of extra cash and pay if they achieve them...

Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?

= incentive

N-COUNT

see also carrot and stick

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