commercialize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- commercialise (UK)
Etymology
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Latin commercium
English commercial
English commercialize
From commercial + -ize.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈmɚʃəˌlaɪz/
Audio (General American): (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈmɜːʃəˌlaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]commercialize (third-person singular simple present commercializes, present participle commercializing, simple past and past participle commercialized)
- (transitive) To bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).
- Near-synonym: productize
- the work required not only to invent a device but also to commercialize it
- (transitive) To apply business methodology to something in order to profit (such as introducing salability to a resource that comes from, or rightfully belongs to, the commons).
- Coordinate term: monetize
- finding the right balance in paying for water infrastructure (treatment plants and pipe networks) but not commercializing water to the point of excluding low-income people from adequate access to a basic necessity
- (transitive) To exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality.
- a market district formerly served mainly by artisans but increasingly commercialized for mass tourism
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to apply business methodology to something in order to profit
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to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality
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See also
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- English terms suffixed with -ize
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm
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