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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While the league owns the copyright to the photo, the public media company will monetize the high-demand photo through editorial and commercial sales.
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
Kane will give her firsthand experience starting her business, monetizing it, and using free digital marketing strategies for the first two years of her business.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 25 June 2024
Local news outlets say A.I. operations like BNN are leeches: stealing intellectual property by disgorging journalists’ work, then monetizing the theft by gaming search algorithms to raise their profile among advertisers.
—Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 6 June 2024
But some of them, just the prospect of getting rich and monetizing their every thought — everything from a little dance move to like a funny quip — the way that every aspect of their being could be monetized, watching that transform these young people was really fascinating to me.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 June 2024
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
Kane will give her firsthand experience starting her business, monetizing it, and using free digital marketing strategies for the first two years of her business.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 25 June 2024
Local news outlets say A.I. operations like BNN are leeches: stealing intellectual property by disgorging journalists’ work, then monetizing the theft by gaming search algorithms to raise their profile among advertisers.
—Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 6 June 2024
But some of them, just the prospect of getting rich and monetizing their every thought — everything from a little dance move to like a funny quip — the way that every aspect of their being could be monetized, watching that transform these young people was really fascinating to me.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 June 2024
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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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