monetize (verb) - to make a source of revenue or earn money from; convert into or circulate as currency [mon-i-tahyz]
BREAKDOWN: MONE- (money) + -TIZE (to make or do)
monetization is the act or process of of earning revenue from an asset or service; the process of converting something into money
"The more monetized society is, the more anxious and hurried its citizens. In parts of the world that are still somewhat outside the money economy, where subsistence farming still exists and where neighbors help each other, the pace of life is slower, less hurried." ―Charles Eisenstein