e-commerce

noun

e-com·​merce ˈē-ˌkä-(ˌ)mərs How to pronounce e-commerce (audio)
often attributive
: commerce conducted via the Internet

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Roller Rabbit, which was founded in 2003, has 11 U.S. storefronts and a growing worldwide e-commerce following. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 12 June 2025 Lasser praised Walmart’s scale and network, as well as its e-commerce segment. Brian Evans, CNBC, 12 June 2025 There has been a lot of news related to Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace Distillery recently, like the announcement of parent company Sazerac’s new online e-commerce and auction platform and the inaugural launch of sister distillery Hawk’s Rock’s excellent new Irish single malt. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 June 2025 The tweak has inspired real-world auctions that power e-commerce and helped earn its inventor a Nobel Prize in economics. Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for e-commerce

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of e-commerce was in 1993

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“E-commerce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e-commerce. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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