CARROT-AND-STICK

Meaning of CARROT-AND-STICK in English

adjective Etymology: from the traditional alternatives of driving a donkey on by either holding out a carrot or whipping it with a stick Date: 1876 characterized by the use of both reward and punishment to induce cooperation

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CARROT-AND-STICK — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ adjective : characterized by the alternating use of reward and punishment
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARROT-AND-STICK — adjective Etymology: from the traditional alternatives of driving a donkey on by either holding out a carrot or whipping it …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARROT-AND-STICK — Pronunciation: ˌ ker- ə t- ə n- ' stik, ˌ ka-r ə t- Function: adjective Etymology: from the traditional alternatives …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CARROT-AND-STICK — [car.rot-and-stick] adj [fr. the traditional alternatives of driving a donkey on by either holding out a carrot or whipping it …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARROT-AND-STICK — carrot-and-stick BrE AmE ˌkær ət ə n ˈstɪk -ət ə nd- ˌker-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CARROT-AND-STICK — see carrot and stick
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARROT AND STICK — also carrot-and-stick If an organization has a carrot and stick approach or policy, they offer people things in order to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARROT AND STICK — also carrot-and-stick If an organization has a ~ approach or policy, they offer people things in order to persuade them …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CARROT-AND-STICK — see carrot and stick
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CARROT AND STICK — {n. phr.} The promise of reward and threat of punishment, both at the same time. * /John's father used the …
Slang English vocab
CARROT AND STICK — {n. phr.} The promise of reward and threat of punishment, both at the same time. * /John's father used the …
Словарь английских идиом
CARROT AND STICK — promising to reward or punish someone at the same time The government took a carrot and stick approach to the …
English Idioms vocab
CARROT AND STICK — n. phr. The promise of reward and threat of punishment, both at the same time. John's father used the carrot …
American Idioms English vocabulary
CARROT AND STICK — политика кнута и пряника
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARROT AND STICK — (n.phr.) политика кнута и пряника
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
CARROT AND STICK — политика кнута и пряника; кнут и пряник
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
CARROT AND STICK — политика кнута и пряника; кнут и пряник
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
CARROT AND STICK — (n.phr.) политика кнута и пряника
English Russian slang dictionary
CARROT AND STICK — политика кнута и пряника
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARROT — County: Angus Post Code: DD8
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
CARROT — carotte
English interlingue dictionary
CARROT — karot
English-Visayan vocabulary
CARROT — noun Etymology: Middle French carotte, from Late Latin carota, from Greek karōton Date: 1533 a biennial herb ( Daucus carota …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CARROT — Herbaceous, generally biennial plant ( Daucus carota ) of the parsley family, that produces an edible globular or long taproot …
Английский словарь Британика
STICK
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARROT — I. ˈkarət also -er, usu -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French carotte, from Late Latin carota, modification of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARROT — (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
Английский словарь Webster
STICK
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CARROT — /kar"euht/ , n. 1. a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STICK — I. ˈstik noun Etymology: Middle English stik, from Old English sticca; akin to Old Norse stik stick, Old English stician …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARROT — noun Etymology: Middle French carotte, from Late Latin carota, from Greek karōton Date: 1533 1. : a biennial herb ( …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STICK — vt a thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. 2. stick ·vi to cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. 3. stick …
Webster English vocab
CARROT — noun an umbelliferous biennial plant (daucus carota), of many varieties. 2. carrot ·noun the esculent root of cultivated varieties of …
Webster English vocab
STICK — [stick] n [ME stik, fr. OE sticca; akin to ON stik stick, OE stician to stick] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARROT — [car.rot] n [MF carotte, fr. LL carota, fr. Gk karoton] (1533) 1: a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARROT — (Daucus carota), herbaceous, generally biennial plant of the Apiaceae family that produces an edible taproot. Among common varieties root shapes …
Britannica English vocabulary
CARROT — carrot BrE AmE ˈkær ət ˈker-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STICK — / stɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( stuck , stuck / stʌk; NAmE /) PUSH STH IN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARROT — / ˈkærət; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] a long pointed orange root vegetable : grated carrot …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STICK — I. stick 1 S1 W3 /stɪk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle stuck /stʌk/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CARROT — car ‧ rot S3 /ˈkærət/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: carotte , from Late …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STICK — 1. n.1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed …
Oxford English vocab
CARROT — ( carrots) 1. Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STICK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CARROT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CARROT — (REWARD) [noun] [C] [informal] - something that is offered to someone in order to encourage them to do something"Have you …
Cambridge English vocab
CARROT — n. Herbaceous, generally biennial plant ( Daucus carota ) of the parsley family, that produces an edible globular or long …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CARROT — noun 1 vegetable ADJECTIVE ▪ raw ▪ cooked , steamed ▪ baby ▪ chopped , diced ( esp. BrE ), …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STICK — INDEX: 1. to join one thing to another, especially using glue 2. when one thing sticks to another 3. something …
Longman Activator English vocab
STICK — v. 1 pierce, thrust, stab, transfix, pin, spike, impale, spear, spit, run through, poke, gore, jab, prick, puncture, punch, penetrate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STICK
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARROT — сущ. 1) бот. морковь (растение и съедобный корень) 2) разг. а) мн. рыжие волосы б) рыжеволосый человек, рыжий 3) "морковка" …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STICK
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CARROT — carrot.ogg ʹkærət n 1. бот. морковь ( Daucus carota ) 2. pl 1> шутл. рыжие волосы 2> рыжие ( о …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STICK — 1) стержень; шток 2) прут; пруток 3) рукоятка; ручка; возд. ручка управления 4) управлять; пилотировать 5) рукоять ( ковша экскаватора …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STICK — 1) стержень; шток 2) прут; пруток 3) рукоятка; ручка; возд. ручка управления 4) управлять; пилотировать 5) рукоять (ковша экскаватора) 6) мор. мачта 7) эл. шест; штанга 8) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STICK — 1) брусок 2) заедать 3) застревать 4) набойник 5) навязнуть 6) налипать 7) палка 8) прикипать 9) приклеиваться 10) прилипать 11) рычаг 12) стержень 13) уткнуть 14) черенковый • dip stick insert tube — компьют. …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CARROT — carrot сущ.1) бот. морковь (растение и съедобный корень) 2) разг. а) мн. ч. рыжие волосы б) рыжеволосый человек, рыжий 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STICK
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STICK
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CARROT — сущ. 1) бот. морковь ( растение и съедобный корень ) 2) разг. а) мн. рыжие волосы б) рыжеволосый человек, рыжий …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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