unitize

[ yoo-ni-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, u·nit·ized, u·nit·iz·ing.

1. to form or combine into one unit, as by welding parts together:

   a car with a unitized body.

2. to divide or separate into units.

unitize

/ ˈjuːnɪˌtaɪz /

verb

1. to convert (an investment trust) into a unit trust

Derived Forms

• ˌunitiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• unit·i·zation noun
• unit·izer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unitize¹

First recorded in 1840–50; unit + -ize

Example Sentences

Cheap gasoline is emboldening some automakers to add more SUVs based on body-on-frame pickup truck designs - after years of shifting SUVs to lighter, car-like unitized body construction.

From Reuters

Unitized Pricing/Charging Per Child – The HR Department calls it “unitized pricing” but what it really means is that the traditional choice of family coverage vs. single coverage is going away.

From Forbes

Manatee County’s approach also illustrates another trend in health benefits: so-called “unitized” pricing, in which workers pay for coverage per person, rather than choosing from individual or family coverage.

From New York Times

The organizing and unitizing spirit was gone;—the good and wise father, who made all happy and cheerful about him, and held his little household together in the sweet bonds of perfect order and peace.

From Project Gutenberg

The Venza is a vehicle of reinforced unitized construction built on the platform of the Toyota Camry, still the best-selling family sedan in the United States.

From Washington Post