sweetener
/'swi:tənə/
Definition
- Noun:
- Something added to foods or drinks to make them taste sweeter: A substance, either natural or artificial, used to impart a sweet taste.
- An inducement or incentive offered to make a proposal more attractive: Something given or promised to encourage someone to agree to something.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Food additive):
- Many diet sodas use artificial sweeteners instead of sugar.
- Stevia is a popular natural sweetener.
- Noun (Incentive):
- The company offered a signing bonus as a sweetener to get him to accept the job.
- The tax break was a sweetener to attract new businesses to the area.
Advanced Usage
- "as a sweetener": Used to describe the role of an added benefit in a negotiation or deal.
- They included an extra week of vacation as a sweetener in the contract.
Variants and Related Words
- Sweeten (verb): To make something sweet or more agreeable.
- She sweetened her tea with honey.
- The developer sweetened the offer to close the deal.
- Sweetening (noun): The act of making something sweet; a sweetener.
- The sweetening of the beverage is done during production.
Synonyms
- For food additive: Sugar substitute, artificial sweetener.
- For incentive: Inducement, incentive, perk, bonus.
Related Phrases
- "Throw in a sweetener": To add an extra benefit to encourage agreement.
- To secure the partnership, they threw in a sweetener by offering exclusive rights.
Related Idioms
- "Sweeten the pot": To make an offer more attractive by adding something of value.
- They had to sweeten the pot with a higher salary to recruit the top candidate.
Noun
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anything that serves as an enticement
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something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
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