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1. Organized principally for financial gain
   "Christmas has become a commercialised spectacle"
   - commercialized

1. Make commercial
   "Some Amish people have commercialised their way of life"
   - commercialize, market
    
2. Exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality
   "The hotel owners are commercialising the beaches"
   - commercialize

See also: commercial, commercialisation [Brit]

Type of: alter, change, exploit, modify, tap

Encyclopedia: Commercialise