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fractionalize

fractionalize verb: to separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.

Verb

fractionalize (third-person singular simple present fractionalizes, present participle fractionalizing, simple past and past participle fractionalized)

  1. To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.
    • One of several start-ups that have explored the idea of “fractionalizing” art, Maecenas will divide 49 percent of the value of an artwork into shares, which can then be bought and sold on the company’s blockchain trading platform.2018 June 8, Scott Reyburn, “Art Is Becoming a Financial Product, and Blockchain Is Making It Happen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of fractionalize

third-person singular presentfractionalizes
present participlefractionalizing
past participlefractionalized
pastfractionalized

Origin of fractionalize

From fractional + -ize.

Words formed from fractionalize

Questions about fractionalize

What does fractionalize mean?
Fractionalize means to separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.
What part of speech is fractionalize?
Fractionalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of fractionalize?
The past tense of fractionalize is fractionalized.

Words near fractionalize in the dictionary

  1. fractionalists
  2. fractionalities
  3. fractionality
  4. fractionalization
  5. fractionalizations
  6. fractionalize
  7. fractionalized
  8. fractionalizes
  9. fractionalizing
  10. fractionally
  11. fractionals

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