Noun: commercialization ku,mur-shu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ku,mur-shu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
- The act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce
"my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products";
- commercialisation [Brit]
Derived forms: commercializations
Type of: development, exploitation
Encyclopedia: Commercialization