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Carrot and stick (also spelled "carrot-and-stick")American Heritage Dictionary, Entry for "carrot-and-stick" is an Idiom used to refer to the act of rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior. The carrot represents the edible reward, while the stick refers to a punishing switch. The earliest citation of this expression recorded by the ''Supplement'' to the '' Oxford English Dictionary '' is to The Economist magazine in the December 11, 1948 , issue. The ''Supplement'' also depicts a person trying to entice a donkey to move by dangling a carrot in front of it.


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