commercialize
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- commercialise (UK)
Etymology edit
commercial + -ize
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).
- 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
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