unitize

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English unit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English unitize From unit + -ize.

1. To convert, package, or organize into one or more units.

   “At any rate the general exterior is the same. And though we may attach shades of difference to them, and they may work themselves out in the final result, there are enough points of agreement to make men cohere; to unitize them.”

   “The container era 1966-95: The solution was to unitize general cargo. Standardizing the cargo unit allowed liner companies to invest in mechanized systems […].”

2. To manage as a unit.

   “This notion is illustrated empirically by the desire among oil producing firms to unitize oil fields early to avoid the potentially large losses of common-pool extraction.”