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commoditize

commoditize verb: to transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.

Verb

commoditize (third-person singular simple present commoditizes, present participle commoditizing, simple past and past participle commoditized)

  1. (US, proscribed, transitive) To transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
    • IBM's goal was to commoditize the add-in market, which is a complement of the PC market, and they did this quite successfully.[…] Microsoft's goal was to commoditize the PC market. Very soon, the PC itself was basically a commodity, with ever decreasing prices, consistently increasing power, and...2004, Joel Spolsky, “Strategy Letter V: The Economics of Open Source”, in Joel on Software […] , Apress, →ISBN, page 284
    Synonyms:
    commodify

Synonyms of commoditize

Forms of commoditize

third-person singular presentcommoditizes
present participlecommoditizing
past participlecommoditized
pastcommoditized
alternative formcommoditise

Origin of commoditize

From commodity + -ize.

Words formed from commoditize

Questions about commoditize

What does commoditize mean?
Commoditize means to transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
What part of speech is commoditize?
Commoditize is a verb.
What is the past tense of commoditize?
The past tense of commoditize is commoditized.

Words near commoditize in the dictionary

  1. commoditised
  2. commoditises
  3. commoditising
  4. commoditizable
  5. commoditization
  6. commoditize
  7. commoditized
  8. commoditizer
  9. commoditizers
  10. commoditizes
  11. commoditizing

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