commercialize

verb

com·​mer·​cial·​ize kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz 

commercialized; commercializing

transitive verb

1

a

: to manage on a business basis for profit

b

: to develop commerce in

2

: to exploit for profit

commercialize Christmas

3

: to debase in quality for more profit

commercialization

kə-ˌmər-sh(ə-)lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

Examples of commercialize in a Sentence

The company hopes to commercialize the drug next year.

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers in Korea have unveiled a groundbreaking silver-ion coating that could make next-generation lithium-metal batteries safer, longer-lasting, and easier to commercialize. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025

Rendezvous recently secured $3 million in pre-seed funding to commercialize the technology invented while Ekblaw was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. —Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025

This latest news commercializes the arrangement. —Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025

Since then, more global drugmakers have announced partnerships with Chinese firms—The main form of collaboration is licensing — meaning the foreign partner obtains rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize the Chinese drug or technology outside China. —CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for commercialize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize
• democratize

Kids Definition

commercialize

verb

com·​mer·​cial·​ize kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz 

commercialized; commercializing

1

: to manage for the sake of making a profit

2

: to use for profit

commercialize Christmas

commercialization

-ˌmər-shə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun