CARROT AND STICK


Meaning of CARROT AND STICK in English

also carrot-and-stick

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.

The government is proclaiming a carrot-and-stick approach to the problem.

ADJ : ADJ n

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