commercialize

Definition

To bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).

Etymology

From commercial + -ize.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonym: productize"
• "the work required not only to invent a device but also to commercialize it"
• "finding the right balance in paying for water infrastructure (treatment plants and pipe networks) but not commercializing water to the point of excluding low-income people from adequate access to a basic necessity"