consumerize

English

Etymology

From consumer +‎ -ize.

Verb

consumerize (third-person singular simple present consumerizes, present participle consumerizing, simple past and past participle consumerized)

  1. (transitive) To turn into a consumer.
  2. (transitive) To make suitable for mass consumption; to convert to a consumer-oriented product or service (as when an industrial, professional, or business-to-business product or service enters the consumer market).
    Mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning were commercialized decades before they were consumerized.
    • 2009 April 16, David Pogue, “The Quest to Shrink the S.L.R.”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Nikon has tried to consumerize an existing S.L.R.; Canon has tried to S.L.R.-ize an existing consumer camera.

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