D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

commercialize

· IPA /kəˈmɚʃəlaɪz/
01 n. to make something commercial in character, either by placing it for sale on the open market, or by emphasizing its profit-making aspects; a…
  1. 1.
    to make something commercial in character, either by placing it for sale on the open market, or by emphasizing its profit-making aspects; as, the Olympics have been excessively commercialized.