commercialize

Meaning

1. (transitive) To bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).
2. (transitive) 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).
3. (transitive) To exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality.

Synonyms

commercialise

market

merchandise

negotiate

trade

trade in

traffic

deal in

commercialization

Translations

commercializzare

commercialiser

comercializar

kommerzialisieren

comercializar

تجر

comercialitzar

commercialiseren

vermarkten

marché

mercantiliser

mercificare

comercializar

εμποροποιώ

تجّر

Etymology

From commercial + -ize.