monetize

verb

mon·​e·​tize ˈmä-nə-ˌtīz 

also ˈmə-

monetized; monetizing

transitive verb

1

: to coin into money

also : to establish as legal tender

2

: to purchase (public or private debt) and thereby free for other uses moneys that would have been devoted to debt service

3

: to utilize (something of value) as a source of profit

monetizable

ˈmä-nə-ˌtī-zə-bəl 

also ˈmə-

adjective

monetization

ˌmä-nə-tə-ˈzā-shən 

also ˌmə-

noun

Examples of monetize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rice quit and went full-time into podcasting, eventually signing with the podcast network Cloud10 and monetizing Murderish, covering developments in the Gilgo Beach serial-killer case and recapping the Domino’s Pizza Murders of the Eighties. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

That doesn’t mean frontier AI can’t be massively monetized or have a deep and wide moat. — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

In the East, payment architecture and logistics depth as well as digital channel scale have matured into engines that personalize at a higher speed and monetize demand signals quickly as well. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026

Alongside general manager Ron Rivera, Lupoi is monetizing everything that isn’t bolted to the concrete. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Latin moneta

First Known Use

circa 1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for monetize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies

Kids Definition

monetize

verb

mon·​e·​tize ˈmän-ə-ˌtīz 

also ˈmən-

monetized; monetizing

: to accept and set up (as gold) as money in its role of measuring the value of other kinds of money (as paper bills)

monetization

ˌmän-ət-ə-ˈzā-shən 

also ˌmən-

noun

Legal Definition

monetize

transitive verb

mon·​e·​tize ˈmä-nə-ˌtīz 

monetized; monetizing

1

: to coin into money

also : to establish as legal tender

2

: to purchase (public or private debt) and thereby free for other uses moneys that would have been devoted to debt service

3

: to utilize (something of value) as a source of profit