e-commerce

American  

[ee-kom-ers] / ˈiˌkɒm ərs /

Or ecommerce

noun

1. business that is transacted by transferring data electronically, especially over the internet.

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e-commerce British  

/ ˈiːˌkɒmɜːs /

noun

1. business transactions conducted on the internet

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Etymology

Origin of e-commerce

First recorded in 1990–95; e- ² + commerce

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Example Sentences

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e-commerce

As more transactions are carried out by AI assistants on behalf of shoppers, the e-commerce platform Shopify has has become “a real thought leader around agentic commerce,” Lane told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

A California e-commerce platform is fueling the rise of live shopping in the United States, taking on giants such as TikTok and tackling concerns that the app is draining people’s bank accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

They do a ZIP Code analysis of where existing clients live and where e-commerce clients seem clustered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

But the benefits for e-commerce players in the middle are decidedly less clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

All of these interoperable banking and e-commerce functions flattened the Internet marketplace so radically that even eBay was taken by surprise.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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