car ‧ rot S3 /ˈkærət/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: carotte , from Late Latin , from Greek karoton ]
1 . [uncountable and countable] a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground:
grated carrots
carrot juice
2 . [countable] informal something that is offered to someone in order to try and persuade them to do something:
They have refused to sign the agreement despite a carrot of £140 million.
3 . carrot and stick informal a way of trying to persuade someone to do something by offering them something good if they do it, and a punishment if they do not:
the government’s carrot and stick approach in getting young people to find jobs