1. To convert an asset, claim or other value into money or a readily monetary form.
2. To create a way of earning revenue from an activity, service, content or audience.
3. To give something the status or use of money, or make it a basis for currency.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- monetize an asset
- monetize holdings
On the page
The firm monetized the asset to meet the immediate funding requirement.
The owner monetized part of the holdings without selling the entire portfolio.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- monetize
- Past tense
- monetized
- Past participle
- monetized
- Present participle
- monetizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- monetize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are monetizing
- Present perfect
- have/has monetized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been monetizing
- Past
- monetized
- Past continuous
- was/were monetizing
- Past perfect
- had monetized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been monetizing
- Future
- will monetize
- Future continuous
- will be monetizing
- Future perfect
- will have monetized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been monetizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: monetize; monetizes; monetized; monetized; monetizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: economic process explanation, financial distinction, incentive analysis, institutional change. Disciplines: economics, business, public policy. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: monetizes.
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