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Verb: commercialize  ku'mur-shu`lIz
  1. Exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality
    "The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches"
    - commercialise [Brit]
     
  2. Make commercial
    "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
    - commercialise [Brit], market

Derived forms: commercialized, commercializes, commercializing

See also: commercialization

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

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