commercialize, commercialise, market
(verb) make commercial; “Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life”
commercialize
(verb) exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality; “The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
commercialize (third-person singular simple present commercializes, present participle commercializing, simple past and past participle commercialized)
(transitive) to apply business methodology to something in order to profit
(transitive) to exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality
Source: Wiktionary
30 September 2024
(adjective) without forethought; “letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
