1. COMMERCE to make something available to buyers for the first time:
• He doesn't see any rush to commercialize the Sunpower technology for household use.
2. disapproving to use something in a way that makes as much money as possible, without considering its quality:
• the growing tendency to commercialize museums
— commercialized also commercialised adjective :
• this ever more commercialised world
— commercialization also commercialisation noun [uncountable] :
• Money and commercialisation are damaging the image of sport.
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commercialization UK US also UK commercialisation) /kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun [U]
► COMMERCE the process of making a product or service available for sale to the public: »
The commercialization of faculty research could help the school make money.
► DISAPPROVING the process of developing or organizing something in order to make as much money as possible: »
Christmas survives, largely thanks to its commercialization.
Financial and business terms. 2012.