commercialization
com·mer·cial·ize
(kə-mûr′shə-līz′)tr.v. com·mer·cial·ized, com·mer·cial·iz·ing, com·mer·cial·iz·es
1. To apply methods of business to for profit.
2.
a. To do, exploit, or make chiefly for financial gain.
b. To sacrifice the quality of for profit.
com·mer′cial·i·za′tion (-shə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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| Noun | 1. | commercialization - the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce; "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products" exploitation, development - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" |
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commercialisation [kəˌmɜːrʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən] (British) n (pejorative) → commercialisation f
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