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commodification
(redirected from Commoditise)

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com·mod·i·fy  (k-md-f)
tr.v. com·mod·i·fied, com·mod·i·fy·ing, com·mod·i·fies
To turn into or treat as a commodity; make commercial: "Such music . . . commodifies the worst sorts of . . . stereotypes" (Michiko Kakutani).


com·modi·fia·ble adj.
com·modi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

commodification [kəˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən]
n
the inappropriate treatment of something as if it can be acquired or marketed like other commodities the commodification of human life


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But the "gas troika" is unlikely to lead to supply controls, even if more gas producers sign up, as all have diverse objectives and gas is harder to commoditise than oil.
What we have done over the past 30 years or so, encouraged by governments only too happy for us to feel fat and contented and eager to vote for them, and by lenders engaged in an utterly irresponsible feeding frenzy, is commoditise what should be a basic right - a roof over our heads.
He said: "It was when the ECJ decided that it would simultaneously adjudicate the William Hill case in conjunction with a ruling on the English football leagues' desires to commoditise the preparation of their fixture lists as an intellectual property right.
 
 
 
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