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commercialize Definition

com·mer·cial·ize (-īz′)

transitive verb commercialized -·ized′, commercializing -·iz′·ing

  1. to run as a business; apply commercial methods to
  2. to engage in or make use of mainly for profit, esp. at a sacrifice of other values
  3. to cause to be affected by commercialism

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commercialize Synonyms

commercialize

v.

  1. To adapt to business

    make marketable, market, make salable, make pay, make profitable, make bring returns, develop as a business, capitalize, cash in on, popularize; see also advertise 2, profit 2, sell 1.

  2. To cheapen

    lessen, degrade, lower the quality; see cheapen, corrupt 1.

commercialize Usage Examples

Object

  • drug: Forest entered into a collaboration with Replidyne in February 2006 to commercialize the drug.

Modifying Another Word

  • genetically: Monsanto took a hit last month when it shelved efforts to commercialize genetically modified wheat in the face of food-industry and consumer opposition.