fractionalize
[ frak-shuh-nl-ahyz ]
/ ˈfræk ʃə nlˌaɪz /
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verb (used with or without object), frac·tion·al·ized, frac·tion·al·iz·ing.
to divide or splinter into fractions, sections, factions, etc.
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Also especially British, frac·tion·al·ise .
Origin of fractionalize
First recorded in 1930–35; fractional + -ize
OTHER WORDS FROM fractionalize
frac·tion·al·i·za·tion, nounWords nearby fractionalize
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Example sentences from the Web for fractionalize
In January, the duo bought 20 Beeple artworks, placed them in a virtual museum that can be visited for free, and then fractionalized their new enterprise into tokens which are now co-owned by 5,400 people.
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