"commercialize" meaning in All languages combined

See commercialize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commercialize.wav Forms: commercializes [present, singular, third-person], commercializing [participle, present], commercialized [participle, past], commercialized [past]
Etymology: From commercial + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|commercial|ize}} commercial + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} commercialize (third-person singular simple present commercializes, present participle commercializing, simple past and past participle commercialized)
  1. (transitive) to bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-commercialize-en-verb-vocTlTZA
  2. (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). Tags: transitive Translations (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit): առեւտրայնացնել (aṙewtraynacʻnel) (Armenian), comercialitzar (Catalan), kaupallistaa (Finnish), kommerzialisieren (German), whakaarumoni (Maori), comercializar (Portuguese), коммерциализировать (kommercializirovatʹ) (Russian), comercializar (Spanish), sakalakalin (Tagalog), isakalakal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-commercialize-en-verb-~yEIBCDo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 58 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 21 54 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 58 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 62 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 64 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 26 52 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 52 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 50 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 56 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 52 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 52 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 57 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 58 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 25 52 23 Disambiguation of 'to apply business methodology to something in order to profit': 3 92 5
  3. (transitive) to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-commercialize-en-verb-J2y3mBUd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: commercialise [UK] Derived forms: commercializable, commercialization, commercializer, decommercialize, noncommercialized, overcommercialize, recommercialize, uncommercialized Related terms: consumerize, monetize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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