In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COMMODIFICATION
Etymology
Noun
commodification (countable and uncountable, plural commodifications)
The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.
Usage notes
Sometimes used interchangeably with commoditization, sometimes distinguished to have a sense of “non-commercial good becoming commercial”; see commoditize.
Synonyms
• commercialization
• commoditization
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