commercialize
(also UK commercialise) /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪz/
/-ˈmɝː-/ verb [T usually passive] Definition
› COMMERCE to make a product or service available for sale to the public: How can this technology be commercialized?
› disapproving to develop or organize something in order to make as much money as possible: She says that the Olympics have become a commercialized extravaganza.
(Definition of commercialize verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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