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commercialized

   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.06 sec.
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.

com·mercial·i·zation (-sh-l-zshn) n.
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Adj.1.commercialized - organized principally for financial gain; "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle"
commercial - connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"
Translations
commercialized [kəˈmɜːrʃəlaɪzd] commercialised (British) adj (pejorative) [art, festival, place] → commercial(e)


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