commoditize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity 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 commoditize From commodity + -ize.
Meanings
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(US, proscribed, transitive) To transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
IBM's goal was to commoditize the add-in market, which is a complement of the PC market, and they did this quite successfully.[…] Microsoft's goal was to commoditize the PC market. Very soon, the PC itself was basically a commodity, with ever decreasing prices, consistently increasing power, and fierce margins that make it extremely hard to make a profit.
2004, Joel Spolsky, “Strategy Letter V: The Economics of Open Source”, in Joel on Software […] , Apress, →ISBN, page 284:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| commoditizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| commoditise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| commoditized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| commoditized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| commoditizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
decommoditize · commoditizer · commoditizable · commoditization