monetized?

[Steve Clason]

On 1/28/2005 7:27 AM James Smith wrote:

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> It's a word I've heard but not often, and the only use
> I've heard has been in connection with governments
> monetizing their debts by printing increasingly
> (decreasingly?) worthless money, as in pre-WWII
> Germany.

The term is often used among folks in Web-related businesses, who might
want to profit from their Web site's popularity by "monetizing their
eyeballs." I suppose the use is roughly synonymous with "cash in".
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Steve Clason