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

frac·tion·al·i·za·tion, noun

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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