transcription, транскрипция: [ kəmɜ:(r)ʃəlaɪz ]
( commercializes, commercializing, commercialized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'commercialise'
If something is commercialized , it is used or changed in such a way that it makes money or profits, often in a way that people disapprove of.
It seems such a pity that a distinguished and honored name should be commercialized in such a manner...
Federal agencies should commercialize research.
VERB : be V-ed , V n [ disapproval ]
• com‧mer‧cial‧ized
Rock’n’roll has become so commercialized and safe since punk.
ADJ
• com‧mer‧ciali‧za‧tion
...the commercialization of Christmas.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n