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commercialize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kəˈmɜːʃəˌlaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kəˈmɚʃəˌlaɪz/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English commercialize From commercial + -ize.

Meanings

1. (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
   • Near-synonym: productize
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).
   • 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
3. (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

Forms

Coordinates

monetize

Deriveds

commercializer · commercializable · uncommercialized · commercialization · decommercialize · noncommercialized · overcommercialize · recommercialize

Relateds

commodify · consumerize · commoditize

Synonyms

productize

Translations (19)

pt comercializar (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · ru коммерциализировать (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · pl utowarowić (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · ca comercialitzar (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · mi whakaarumoni (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · pl skomercjalizować (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · de kommerzialisieren (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · pl komercjalizować (to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality) · tl sakalakalin (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · pl utowarowić (to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality) · cy masnacheiddio (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · fi kaupallistaa (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · pl komercjalizować (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · tl isakalakal (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · sk komercializovať (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · pl skomercjalizować (to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality) · hy առեւտրայնացնել (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · fr commercialiser (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit) · es comercializar (to apply business methodology to something in order to profit)