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Noun: commercialization  ku`murshulu'zeyshun
  1. The act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce
    "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products"
    - commercialisation [Brit]

Derived forms: commercializations

See also: commercialize

Type of: development, exploitation

Encyclopedia: Commercialization