CARROT-AND-STICK


Meaning of CARROT-AND-STICK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌker-ət- ə n-ˈstik, ˌka-rət- ]

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

carrot-and-stick foreign policy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.