commonize

[ kom-uh-nahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to cause to be shared, done, used, etc., in common among members of a group:
A commission was established to commonize vehicle regulations across Europe so as to standardize best practices.
Commonize the way members of your organization develop solutions.
to treat as ordinary or common and therefore unremarkable or unimportant:
Don’t commonize your achievements.
You're commonizing and trivializing activity that is clearly a serious crime.
to cause (cost, risk, resources, etc.) to be shared with or by the public:
These corporations have found a way to commonize costs while privatizing profit.

com·mon·i·za·tion [kom-, uh, -nahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n]; especially British, com·mon·i·sa·tion noun

First recorded in 1700–10; common ( def ) + -ize ( def )

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