Associations to the word «Commercialize»

Wiktionary

COMMERCIALIZE, verb. (transitive) to apply business methodology to something in order to profit
COMMERCIALIZE, verb. (transitive) to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality

Dictionary definition

COMMERCIALIZE, verb. Exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality; "The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches".
COMMERCIALIZE, verb. Make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats