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Commodification

The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.

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The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.

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Word	Definition
commercializationnoun	The act of commercializing.
commercialisationnoun	Alternative spelling of commercialization. [The act of commercializing.]
marketingnoun	(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.
commoditizationnoun	The transformation of something into a commodity.
mercificationnoun	The transformation into a setting for and about buying and selling; commercialization; consumerization.
corporatizationnoun	The process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations
valourisationnoun	(nonstandard) Alternative form of valorisation. [(Marxism) realisation of capital, creation of surplus value, self-expansion of capital, increase in value]
commoditynoun	(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
revalorizationnoun	The establishment of a new value for something; revaluation, especially in a positive sense.
monetizationnoun	The process of making a business activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.
exchange valuenoun	(economics, especially Marxism) The proportion at which a commodity can be exchanged for other commodities.
financializationnoun	The act of making, or treating as, financial; bringing something into the sphere of finance.
hypercommercialismnoun	The excessive use of mercantilism in media to obtain success and profit; Extreme emphasis on commerce.
commercialismnoun	A tendency to value profit over everything else.
value-formnoun	(Marxism) The social form of a commodity as a representation of value (socially necessary labour time).
valorisationnoun	(Marxism) realisation of capital, creation of surplus value, self-expansion of capital, increase in value
mark-to-marketnoun	(finance, accounting, chiefly attributive) Assigning a value to an asset equal to the current market price of the asset or one calculated based on related standardised assets for which there is a market.
transaction utilitynoun	(economics, marketing) The perceived value of getting a good deal; the difference between the amount paid and a notional reference price.
purchasenoun	The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
coemptionnoun	(economics) The buying of the entire supply of a commodity.