Other forms: maximising, maximised, maximises
To maximise is to make something as large as it can be. Maximise the return, maximise the space.
It is business language and often hides the question of what is being given up. To maximise one thing always costs something else, which is why the word needs watching.
1verbmaximiseTo make something as large as it can be.
“The whole layout was designed to maximise the number of desks.”
maximise is an increasing.
Also accepted in games: maximize