com·mer·cial·ize (k?-mûr?sh?-l?z?)tr.v. com·mer·cial·ized, com·mer·cial·iz·ing, com·mer·cial·iz·es 1. To apply methods of business to for profit.2. a. To do, exploit, or make chiefly for financial gain.b. To sacrifice the quality of for profit.com·mer?cial·i·za?tion (-sh?-l?-z??sh?n) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.commercialized (k??m????la?zd) or commercialisedadjspoiled by commercial exploitation; degradedCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014