commercialize
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- commercialise (UK)
Etymology
[edit]From commercial + -ize.
Pronunciation
[edit]
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).
- 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
|
to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality