Dictionary

monetize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɑnəˌtaɪz/ (General-American)
• /ˈmʌnətaɪz/ (UK)
• /ˈmɒnətaɪz/ (UK, nonstandard)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French monétiser From Latin monēta (whence monnaie) + -iser.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To convert something (especially a security) into currency.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US) To mint money.
3. (British, English, Oxford, US) To establish a currency as legal tender.
4. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.
   • Making money, on the other hand, is to be taken very seriously, and controversy is its own coinage. "We're an entertainment company," Beck says. He has managed to monetize virtually everything that comes out of his mouth. 2010 April 26, Lacey Rose, “Glenn Beck Inc”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2010:
   • The past five years have seen a “startling” rise in this “new denial,” according to a CCDH analysis published Tuesday, which also suggests this shift in narrative could also be helping YouTube video creators circumvent the social media company’s ban on monetizing climate denial. 2024 January 16, Rachel Ramirez, “What is ‘new denial?’ An alarming wave of climate misinformation is spreading on YouTube, watchdog says”, in CNN:
   • We considered monetizing our computer help forums by inserting ad banners.
   • “Now, when you upload a video to YouTube that accumulates lots of views, we may invite you to monetize that video and start earning revenue from it,” Shenaz Zack, a product manager, wrote on a YouTube blog. 2009 August 25, Miguel Helft, quoting Shenaz Zack, “YouTube to Monetize Your 15 Minutes of Fame”, in The New York Times:
   • A rash of new start-ups are making it easier for digital creators to monetize every aspect of their life — down to what they eat, who they hang out with and who they respond to on TikTok. 2021 March 10, Taylor Lorenz, “For Creators, Everything Is for Sale”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • This has come alongside the collective grappling with the ethical implications of a monetized childhood lived online, and a handful of laws that regulate how certain child influencers are paid. 2025 August 21, Fortesa Latifi, “Piper Rockelle Turned 18. This Birthday, She Hopes, Will Change Everything”, in Teen Vogue:

Forms

Antonyms

demonetize

Coordinates

commercialize

Deriveds

demonetization · monetizer · monetization · overmonetized · remonetize · nonmonetized · demonetize · monetizable · monetizability · unmonetize · unmonetized

Descendants

moneteiddio

Relateds

capitalize · commercialize

Translations (46)

mi whakamoni (to convert something into currency) · es monetizar (to convert something into currency) · de Geld drucken (to mint money) · tr para basmak (to mint money) · gl monetizar (to establish a currency as legal tender) · de verflüssigen (to convert something into currency) · uk монетаризува́ти (to convert something into currency) · es monetizar (to mint money) · fi muuntaa rahaksi (to convert something into currency) · uk монетаризува́ти (to make an activity profit-generating) · fr monétiser (to make an activity profit-generating) · cy moneteiddio (to convert something into currency) · pt monetizar (to make an activity profit-generating) · pl monetyzować (to convert something into currency) · pt monetizar (to convert something into currency) · pl spieniężyć (to convert something into currency) · de zu Geld machen (to convert something into currency) · it monetizzare (to convert something into currency) · tr paraya çevirmek (to convert something into currency) · gl monetizar (to make an activity profit-generating) · gl monetizar (to convert something into currency) · pl zmonetyzować (to convert something into currency) · fi ottaa käyttöön valuuttana (to establish a currency as legal tender) · de gewinnbringend nutzen (to make an activity profit-generating) · pl spieniężyć (to make an activity profit-generating) · fi lyödä rahaa (to mint money) · uk монетизува́ти (to make an activity profit-generating) · io monetigar (to convert something into currency) · tr para çıkarmak (to convert something into currency) · es acuñar (to mint money) · tr piyasaya sürmek (to convert something into currency) · fi monetisoida (to make an activity profit-generating) · ca monetitzar (to convert something into currency) · gl monetizar (to mint money) · uk монетизува́ти (to convert something into currency) · fr monétiser (to convert something into currency) · de monetarisieren (to make an activity profit-generating) · es monetizar (to make an activity profit-generating) · pl spieniężać (to make an activity profit-generating) · de geldlich verwerten (to make an activity profit-generating) · de monetisieren (to convert something into currency) · es monetizar (to establish a currency as legal tender) · pl spieniężać (to convert something into currency) · de monetär verwerten (to make an activity profit-generating) · ru монетизировать (to make an activity profit-generating) · fi rahallistaa (to make an activity profit-generating)