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carrot
noun
Promise of reward as in ‘carrot and stick’
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noun
Promise of reward as in ‘carrot and stick’
“Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote”
noun
Orange root; important source of carotene
noun
Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
noun
Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
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Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote
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