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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, noun
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