clicks-and-mortar

[ kliks-uhn-mawr-ter ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or denoting a company that does business on the internet and in traditional stores or offices.

clicks and mortar

adjective

1. making use of traditional trading methods in conjunction with internet trading C & M

Word History and Origins

Origin of clicks-and-mortar¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; on the model of earlier brick(s)‐and‐mortar ( def ), referring to physical buildings or sites

Word History and Origins

Origin of clicks-and-mortar¹

C20: pun on bricks and mortar , with click referring to the computing sense