"chickenize" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-chickenize.ogg Forms: chickenizes [present, singular, third-person], chickenizing [participle, present], chickenized [participle, past], chickenized [past]
Etymology: From chicken + -ize. In the business sense popularized by American journalist Christopher Leonard in the context of the US poultry industry, where just a few companies control almost all aspects of chicken production, such as feed, medicines, and chicken houses. This model was later followed by other industries (they chickenized). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chicken|ize}} chicken + -ize, {{coin|en|Q97065564|nobycat=1|notext=1}} by American journalist Christopher Leonard, {{,}} , Head templates: {{en-verb}} chickenize (third-person singular simple present chickenizes, present participle chickenizing, simple past and past participle chickenized)
  1. (transitive) To make chicken-like or suitable for chickens. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chickenize-en-verb-OePVrdGw
  2. (transitive, intransitive, uncommon, business) To make (an industry or field of commerce) into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry. Tags: intransitive, transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-chickenize-en-verb-uLRAhWx9 Categories (other): Business, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chickenization

Inflected forms

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