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

Example Sentences

The e-commerce and tech giant, which employs more than 1.5 million people worldwide, also said it would cut about 30,000 jobs in several rounds of layoffs.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

They’re further entrenching themselves with their AI cloud customers, and growing their ad businesses, while Amazon also continues to see more mild growth of e-commerce sales.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

Kroger KR -3.60%decrease; down pointing triangle turned in higher sales and earnings in its fiscal first quarter as fuel revenue rose and its e-commerce business picked up gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

SpaceX’s market capitalization reached $2.8 trillion on Tuesday, eclipsing e-commerce giant Amazon, and made SpaceX the fifth largest public company.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 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

Related Words

• browsing
• spending