Commercialise vs. Commercialize: What's the Difference?
Commercialise and Commercialize Definitions
Commercialise
Standard spelling of commercialize
Commercialize
To apply methods of business to for profit.
Commercialise
Same as commercialize.
Commercialize
To do, exploit, or make chiefly for financial gain.
Commercialise
Make commercial;
Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life
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Commercialize
To sacrifice the quality of for profit.
Commercialize
(transitive) to bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).
The work required not only to invent a device but also to commercialize it
Commercialize
(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).
Finding the right balance in paying for water infrastructure (treatment plants and pipe networks) but not commercializing water to the point of excluding low-income people from adequate access to a basic necessity
Commercialize
(transitive) to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality.
A market district formerly served mainly by artisans but increasingly commercialized for mass tourism
Commercialize
To make something commercial in character, either by placing it for sale on the open market, or by emphasizing its profit-making aspects; as, the Olympics have been excessively commercialized.
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Commercialize
Exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality;
The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches
Commercialize
Make commercial;
Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life
