consumerize

present singular third person consumerizes · participle present consumerizing · participle past consumerized · past consumerized

1. transitiveTo turn into a consumer.
2. transitiveTo make suitable for mass consumption; to convert to a consumer-oriented product or service (as when an industrial, professional, or business-to-business product or service enters the consumer market).

   Mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning were commercialized decades before they were consumerized.

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   Nikon has tried to consumerize an existing S.L.R.; Canon has tried to S.L.R.-ize an existing consumer camera.

   2009 April 16, David Pogue, “The Quest to Shrink the S.L.R.”, in New York Times