com‧mer‧cial‧ize (also commercialise British English) /kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪz $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive]

1. [usually passive] to be more concerned with making money from something than about its quality – used to show disapproval:
Christmas has become so commercialized.

2. to sell something completely new to the public for the first time:
Some space launches will be commercialized to help pay for more space research.
—commercialization /kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -ˌmɜːrʃələ-/ noun [uncountable]

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