Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense maximizes, present participle maximizing, past tense, past participle maximizedregional note: in BRIT, also use maximise
1. verb
If you maximize something, you make it as great in amount or importance as you can.
In order to maximize profit, the firm would seek to maximize output. [VERB noun]
They were looking for suitable ways of maximising their electoral support. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: optimize More Synonyms of maximize
maximization (mæksɪmaɪzeɪʃən)uncountable noun
...a pricing policy that was aimed at profit maximisation.
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2. verb
If you maximize a window on a computer screen, you make it as large as possible.
Click on the square icon to maximize the window. [VERB noun]
maximize in British English
or maximise (ˈmæksɪˌmaɪz)
verb
1. (transitive)
to make as high or great as possible; increase to a maximum
2. mathematics
to find the maximum of (a function)
Derived forms
maximization (ˌmaximiˈzation) or maximisation (ˌmaximiˈsation) or maximation (ˌmaxiˈmation)
noun
maximizer (ˈmaxiˌmizer) or maximiser (ˈmaxiˌmiser)
noun
maximize in American English
(ˈmæksəˌmaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmaxiˌmized or ˈmaxiˌmizing
1.
to increase to the maximum; raise to the highest possible degree; enlarge, intensify, etc. as much as possible
2.
to estimate or make appear to be of the greatest possible amount, value, or importance
Derived forms
maximization (ˌmaximiˈzation)
noun
maximizer (ˈmaxiˌmizer)
noun
Examples of 'maximize' in a sentence
maximize
The question each firm faces is how to choose output to maximize profits.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Their task is to maximize net present value.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Sellers maximize profits for their own benefit.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Do firms try to maximize profits?
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
We'll try to maximize the opportunity.
The Sun (2007)
But highway engineers exist to build roads, and corporations exist to maximize profits.
Goddard, Stephen B. Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century (1994)
Consequently its objective is to maximize the firm 's net present value.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
The job of the credit manager is not to minimize the number of bad debts; it is to maximize profits.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
If it does this, the management will have better incentives to maximize profits because they will get a larger share of the profits.
Mishkin, Frederic S. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (1995)
Moreover, commodities would be produced in amounts that would maximize the value of society's production.
Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995)
Using this approach, we can determine whether managers and employees have or don't have incentive to maximize profits.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Other things equal, if it wishes to maximize the value of its stock, it must minimize the value of its bond.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
By exercising before your first meal, you'll boost your metabolism and maximize the amount of time your body is burning fat.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
maximize
British English: maximize VERB
If you maximize something, you make it as great in amount or importance as you can.
In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output.