carrot-and-stick



carrot-and-stick

if you use a carrot-and-stick method to make someone do something, you both offer rewards and threaten punishments (always before noun) I've had to take the carrot-and-stick approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Athene-Greek Mythology
Mildgy&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
Eleutherius-Late Greek (Latinized)
Aracelis-Spanish
Christellekrees-TELFrench
Marcell-Hungarian, German