monetize
verb
mon·e·tize
ˈmä-nə-ˌtīz 
also ˈmə-
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
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The internet, for example, was pure gain until it was monetized.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
A lot of people are monetizing this.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Shane has an ultra hands-on mother (Christina Chang), who is eager to help market and monetize his boundary-breaking biracial celebrity, as well as a less aggressively intrusive father (Dylan Walsh).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
Projects are due to be released on Fanbase, the peer-to-peer subscription platform launched in 2018 by Hayes III, which is designed for creators to monetize content through photos, videos, and audio.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
A lot of people are monetizing this.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Shane has an ultra hands-on mother (Christina Chang), who is eager to help market and monetize his boundary-breaking biracial celebrity, as well as a less aggressively intrusive father (Dylan Walsh).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
Projects are due to be released on Fanbase, the peer-to-peer subscription platform launched in 2018 by Hayes III, which is designed for creators to monetize content through photos, videos, and audio.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monetize
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“Monetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monetize. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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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)
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
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