Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense professionalizes, present participle professionalizing, past tense, past participle professionalizedregional note: in BRIT, also use professionalise
verb
To professionalize an organization, an institution, or an activity means to make it more professional, for example by paying the people who are involved in it.
Foster parents will be paid salaries to professionalise their role. [VERB noun]