monetization

English

Alternative forms

• monetisation (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English monetize

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English monetization

From monetize + -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmʌnətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnətaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

monetization (countable and uncountable, plural monetizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. The conversion of something (especially metal) into money.
2. The process of making a business activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.
3. The conversion of an economic system based mainly on barter and payment in kind into one that uses currency for most transactions.

Derived terms

• remonetization

Translations

the conversion of something into money

• Armenian: դրամայնացում (dramaynacʻum)
• Belarusian: манетыза́цыя f (manjetyzácyja)
• Finnish: rahaksi tekeminen, monetisointi
• French: monétisation (fr) f
• German: Monetisierung f
• Greek: νομισματοποίηση (el) f (nomismatopoíisi)
• Hindi: मुद्रीकरण m (mudrīkraṇ)
• Italian: monetazione (it) f
• Malay: pengewangan
• Māori: whakamonitanga
• Polish: monetyzacja (pl) f
• Russian: монетиза́ция (ru) f (monetizácija)
• Spanish: monetización f
• Swedish: utmyntning c
• Ukrainian: монетиза́ція (uk) f (monetyzácija), монетариза́ція f (monetaryzácija)

the process of making a business activity profit-generating

• Finnish: rahallistaminen, monetisointi
• Georgian: მონეტიზაცია (moneṭizacia), თანხის გამომუშავება (tanxis gamomušaveba)
• Russian: монетиза́ция (ru) f (monetizácija)
• Ukrainian: монетиза́ція (uk) f (monetyzácija), монетариза́ція f (monetaryzácija)