MONETIZE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does monetize mean?

• MONETIZE (verb)
The verb MONETIZE has 1 sense:

1. give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

Familiarity information: MONETIZE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MONETIZE (verb)

Conjugation:

Present simple: I / you / we / they monetize

... he / she / it monetizes

Past simple: monetized

Past participle: monetized

-ing form: monetizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

monetise; monetize

Context example:

They monetized the lira

Hypernyms (to "monetize" is one way to...):

decriminalise; decriminalize; legalise; legalize; legitimate; legitimatise; legitimatize; legitimise; legitimize (make legal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

monetization (establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country)

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