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noun
The assignment of a commercial value to something previously without such value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: commercialization, monetization
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The transformation from being commercialized on a nonfungible basis into becoming a commodity that is fungible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: commoditization
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English commodify English -ification English commodification From commodify + -ification.
Across languages
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