commercializes

Turns into product

Commercializes is the third-person singular of commercialize, meaning to turn something into a source of profit or apply business methods to it.

A company commercializes a new drug by bringing it to market.

The word often carries negative connotations—when art or culture is commercialized, critics suggest it has been cheapened or corrupted by profit motives: The holiday has been commercialized beyond recognition.

business

monetizes

Derives income from

licenses · franchises · brands · trades · merchandises · ventures · capitalizes · enterprises · revenues · incorporates

innovation

patents

Exclusive rights to inventions

develops · prototypes · spins off · incubates · accelerates · startups · ventures · pivots · disrupts · monetizes

creative

sells out

Compromises values for profit

dumbs down · panders · dilutes · compromises · adapts · packages · formulaic · accessible · broadens · appeals

cultural

exploits

Notable daring actions

bastardizes · cheapens · corrupts · debases · packages · stereotypes · tourism · souvenirs · kitsch · artifacts

Opposites
profit motive

commercializessocializes

Engages with others

nationalizes · donates · collectivizes · gives away · open-sources

market introduction

commercializesshelves

Horizontal storage platforms

withdraws · discontinues · suppresses · mothballs · hoards

commodification

commercializessanctifies

Makes sacred or holy

preserves · protects

Family

commercialized, commercialize, commercializing, commercialization

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