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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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