Meanings
present singular third person commoditizes · participle present commoditizing · participle past commoditized · past commoditized · alternative commoditise
- USproscribedtransitivebusinessTo transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
1 more example
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 284Synonyms: commodify
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincom-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*médos
- Proto-Italic*medos
- Latinmodus
- Latincommodus
- Latincommoditās
- Anglo-Normancommoditee
- Middle Englishcommoditee
- Englishcommodity
- Englishcommoditize
Cite this entry
commoditize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commoditize
“commoditize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commoditize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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