commercialize
verbUS /kəˈmɚʃəˌlaɪz/ · UK /kəˈmɜːʃəˌlaɪz/
Etymology From commercial + -ize.
1
To bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).
- Near-synonym: productize
- the work required not only to invent a device but also to commercialize it
2
To 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
To exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality.
- a market district formerly served mainly by artisans but increasingly commercialized for mass tourism
- Derived terms
- commercializable, commercialization, commercializer, decommercialize, noncommercialized, overcommercialize, recommercialize, uncommercialized
- Related terms
- commodify, commoditize, consumerize