externalize

Verb

• regard as objective
• make external or objective, or give reality to
  • "language externalizes our thoughts"
• To make something external or objective
• To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody
• To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project
• To direct to others, as costs or benefits.

Examples

• Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes benefits to a large community, but also externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.
• Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.

Synonyms

exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, objectify, project