commercialization

com·mer·cial·ize  (k-mûrsh-lz)

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.

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com·mercial·i·zation (-sh-l-zshn) n.

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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" commercialisation 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"