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MONETIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
They monetized the lira
Synonyms:
monetise; monetize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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)
