commercialize

present singular third person commercializes · participle present commercializing · participle past commercialized · past commercialized · alternative commercialise

1. transitiveTo bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).

   Near-synonym: productize

   1 more example

   the work required not only to invent a device but also to commercialize it

   Synonyms: productize

2. transitiveTo 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. transitiveTo exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality.

   a market district formerly served mainly by artisans but increasingly commercialized for mass tourism