monetize
verb
mon·e·tize
ˈmä-nə-ˌtīz 
also ˈmə-
monetized; monetizing
1
: to coin into money
also
: to establish as legal tender
2
: to purchase (public or private debt) and thereby free for other uses moneys that would have been devoted to debt service
3
: to utilize (something of value) as a source of profit
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Developed to support the next generation of vertical series, Microhouse Films will enable creators to produce, distribute and monetize their work within a single platform.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
While an app experience gives Reddit far more opportunities to monetize interactions, user data, and so on, the company is playing a dangerous game.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
How many of those tokens are monetized and what is the average price per token?
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
While an app experience gives Reddit far more opportunities to monetize interactions, user data, and so on, the company is playing a dangerous game.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
How many of those tokens are monetized and what is the average price per token?
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
While the players who spent thousands of dollars on Legacy land plots still technically control the associated NFTs, those crypto tokens are practically worthless without an active game to monetize them.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for monetize
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“Monetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monetize. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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monetize
verb
mon·e·tize
ˈmän-ə-ˌtīz
also ˈmən-
monetized; monetizing
: to accept and set up (as gold) as money in its role of measuring the value of other kinds of money (as paper bills)
Legal Definition
monetize
transitive verb
mon·e·tize
ˈmä-nə-ˌtīz
monetized; monetizing
1
: to coin into money
also
: to establish as legal tender
2
: to purchase (public or private debt) and thereby free for other uses moneys that would have been devoted to debt service
3
: to utilize (something of value) as a source of profit
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