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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Will people be allowed to monetize content that’s really just a soulless, artificial version of pre-existing shows?
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
That’s while SoftBank’s signature Vision Fund has monetized almost $2 billion of public and private assets in the first half of 2025, according to a person familiar with the fund’s activities.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
As generative AI becomes more powerful each year, two distinct approaches are emerging for how it might be monetized in healthcare.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
In the filing, Paxton accuses Allstate of gathering data of at least 45 million Americans to create a driving database, which was then monetized by selling the data to third parties and other insurance companies with the goal of raising insurance rates.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
That’s while SoftBank’s signature Vision Fund has monetized almost $2 billion of public and private assets in the first half of 2025, according to a person familiar with the fund’s activities.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
As generative AI becomes more powerful each year, two distinct approaches are emerging for how it might be monetized in healthcare.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
In the filing, Paxton accuses Allstate of gathering data of at least 45 million Americans to create a driving database, which was then monetized by selling the data to third parties and other insurance companies with the goal of raising insurance rates.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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“Monetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monetize. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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