commoditize

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commoditize

/kəˈmɒdɪtaɪz/ UK
/kəˈmɒdətaɪz/ British, Southern, Standard
/kəˈmɑdətaɪz/ Atlantic Canada, US
/kəˈmɒdətaɪz/ Canada
/kəˈmɔdətɑez/ Australia
[kəˈmɔ̟dətɑe̯z] New Zealand

verb commoditizes · commoditizing · commoditized · commoditise

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 fie
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@misc{commoditize_2026,
  title = {commoditize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commoditize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}