"commercialize" meaning in English

See commercialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: commercializes [present, singular, third-person], commercializing [participle, present], commercialized [participle, past], commercialized [past]
Etymology: 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 (aṙewtraynacʿnel) (Armenian), kaupallistaa (Finnish), whakaarumoni (Maori), коммерциализировать (kommercializirovatʹ) (Russian), sakalakalin (Tagalog), isakalakal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-commercialize-en-verb-~yEIBCDo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 57 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 67 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 19 59 22 Disambiguation of 'to apply business methodology to something in order to profit': 3 93 4
  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] Related terms: consumerize, monetize

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