carrots

carrot

n.

Carrot; (a promise to persuade someone to do something) reward, benefit

Generally used as a countable noun, usually in the plural form carrots, and occasionally as an uncountable noun.

carrot: n.? Carrot; reward, benefit.

Idiom

n.

the?carrot?and?(the)?stick?(approach)

The carrot is enlarged stick; coercion and inducement

if?you?use?the?carrot?and?stick?approach?,?you?persuade?sb?to?try?harder?by?offering?them?a?reward ?if?they?do,?or?a?punishment?if?they?do?not

carrots is a noun, meaning carrot (plural form of ?carrot?), also used to persuade people to do something. Promised reward, unfulfilled reward or sweetness, etc.; also means bait (like a carrot hanging under the nose of a donkey.

Example sentences

Mrs.?Madrigal?heaped? more?carrots?onto?Michael's?plate.

Mrs. Madrigal put more carrots on Michael's plate.