What does monetize mean?

Definitions for monetize
ˈmɒn ɪˌtaɪz, ˈmʌn-mon·e·tize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. monetize, monetiseverb

    give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

    "They monetized the lira"

Wiktionary

  1. monetizeverb

    To convert something (especially a security) into currency

  2. monetizeverb

    To mint money

  3. monetizeverb

    To establish a currency as legal tender

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  1. monetize

    Monetize refers to the process of turning something into a source of revenue or converting a non-revenue generating item, asset, or activity into cash. It is usually done by assigning a currency value or finding a way to generate income through it. Monetizing can apply to a range of scenarios such as assets, services, products, ideas, or even website traffic and online content.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Monetizeverb

    to convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to monetize silver

Wikidata

  1. Monetize

    Means "To make revenue from" in as in the sentence, "Facebook has yet to figure out how to monetize their 55 million users." It used to mean the process of physically making money (like governments do), but it is rarely used in that that context anymore.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of monetize in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of monetize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of monetize in a Sentence

  1. Jordan Stuart:

    Investors are now asking for more clarity on how ride-sharing companies will monetize data they are collecting and if this is a scalable business.

  2. Michael Contopoulos:

    Ebitda growth over the past five quarters has been the worst we have seen in a non-recessionary period, default rates have jumped and capital markets have been incredibly challenging, especially for low-quality issuers, i think investors should sell the strength and monetize positions that they are able to monetize at this point in time.

  3. Yar Chaikovsky:

    You really need to focus on, are you willing to back it up with litigation, because you cannot monetize through licensing without being willing to incur the risk of litigation,” Mr. Chaikovsky explained. “If you are not willing to put up a fight, everyone else knows that therefore you cannot monetize your patent.”

  4. Bob Gregg:

    A name, address, social and a medical identity ... That's incredibly easy to monetize fairly quickly.

  5. David Lobina:

    OpenAI is looking to monetize their systems, considering the huge compute costs of creating these models, their partnership with Microsoft can be an easy way to do so.

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