Meanings
verbmarketize (third-person singular simple present marketizes, present participle marketizing, simple past and past participle marketized)
present singular third person marketizes · participle present marketizing · participle past marketized · past marketized · alternative marketise
- economicsTo convert to management by open-market principles.
Marketizing many traditional public services has met both success and failure.
- businessTo bring to market.
"You have technology in [Chinese] universities, but people don't know what to do with it— how to marketize it."
2007, quoted in Thomas L Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, page 370
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 市場化 /市场化, 市場化 /市场化
- 市場化 /市场化 (shìchǎnghuà)convert to open market principles
- 市場化 /市场化 (shìchǎnghuà)bring to market
Finnish siirtyä markkinatalouteen, kaupallistaa
- siirtyä markkinatalouteenconvert to open market principles
- kaupallistaabring to market
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“marketize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marketize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marketize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marketize.
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