̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷shəˌlīz transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1.
a. : to subject to the conditions of commerce : make into a form of trade
agriculture … has been … commercialized and become a branch of trade — James Bryce
b. : to develop commerce in
a highly commercialized country
: organize for increased commercial efficiency or effectiveness
commercialized vice
2. : to cause (something having only a potential income-producing value) to be sold, manufactured, displayed, or utilized so as to yield income
raise capital to commercialize his invention
only two of the five caves have been commercialized
3. : to engage in, conduct, practice, or make use of for profit-seeking purposes as distinguished from participation, practice, or use for spiritual or recreational purposes or for other nonpecuniary satisfactions
commercialize the celebration of Christmas
bitterly opposed to commercialized Sunday sports
4.
a. : to debase in quality, make more conventional and unoriginal, or employ for inferior purposes in the hope of securing a greater or more certain profit
our somewhat commercialized theater — American Mercury
or he may give up poetry for some more popular form of literary entertainment — that is to say, he commercializes his talent — Herbert Read
b. : to affect through commercialism so as to debase in quality or make more conventional and unoriginal
our commercialized taste — S.H.Horton