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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To introduce a platform to an existing market or industry that provides direct transactions between sellers and buyers, often using mobile technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: American and Oxford British spelling
Topics: economics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Uberize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From Uber + -ize. From the brand of the company Uber, which disrupted the taxicab industry by creating a business model allowing private drivers to be paid for providing a similar service.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
