fractionalize

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verb

To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.

OriginEnglish fractional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English fraccioun →
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Meanings

verbfractionalize (third-person singular simple present fractionalizes, present participle fractionalizing, simple past and past participle fractionalized)

present singular third person fractionalizes · participle present fractionalizing · participle past fractionalized · past fractionalized · alternative fractionalise

  1. To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.

    One of several start-ups that have explored the idea of “fractionalizing” art, Maecenas will divide 49 percent of the value of an artwork into shares, which can then be bought and sold on the company’s blockchain trading platform.

    2018 June 8, Scott Reyburn, “Art Is Becoming a Financial Product, and Blockchain Is Making It Happen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Old Frenchfraccion
  2. Middle Englishfraccioun
  3. Englishfraction
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Englishfractional
  7. Englishfractionalize

From fractional + -ize.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

factionalizer
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APA

fractionalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractionalize

MLA

“fractionalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractionalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fractionalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractionalize.

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