commercialization (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *commercialization*:
NOUN	act	commercialization, commercialisation	the act of commercializing something

commercialization > pronunciation
Sounds	kahmer.shahlihzey'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *commercialization*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce.
Examples	"my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege" "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development" "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products"
Synonym	commercialisation
Broader	exploitation, development	The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
Spanish	comercialización, mercantilización
Catalan	comercialització
Verbs	commercialize	make commercial

HyperDic: commercialization