Commercialize

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  • transitive verb. To apply methods of business to for profit.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To do, exploit, or make chiefly for financial gain.
  • transitive verb. To sacrifice the quality of for profit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render commercial in character, methods, or spirit; make a matter of trade.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. to make something commercial in character, either by placing it for sale on the open market, or by emphasizing its profit-making aspects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to apply business methodology to something in order to profit
  • verb. to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality
  • verb. make commercial
  • Word Usage
    "There are two very different types of startup: one kind that evolves naturally, and one kind that's called into being to "commercialize" a scientific discovery."
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    alter  change  exploit  modify  tap  
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