com ‧ mer ‧ cial ‧ ize BrE AmE ( also commercialise British English ) /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪz $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
1 . [usually passive] to be more concerned with making money from something than about its quality – used to show disapproval:
Christmas has become so commercialized.
2 . to sell something completely new to the public for the first time:
Some space launches will be commercialized to help pay for more space research.
—commercialization /kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ə n $ -ˌmɜːrʃələ-/ noun [uncountable]