dot-com

American  

[dot-kom] / ˈdɒtˈkɒm /

Or dotcom

noun

1. a company doing business mostly or solely on the internet.

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adjective

1. of or relating to such a company or to the business it conducts.

dot-com Cultural  

1. See .com.

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Other Word Forms

• dot-comer noun
• dot-commer noun

Etymology

Origin of dot-com

First recorded in 1995–2000; from the pronunciation of .com, suffix of domain name in most commercial internet addresses

Example Sentences

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley likens today’s token economy to the dot-com era of selling dollars for 85 cents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

His observation comes amid predictions that capital-intensity metrics will outstrip those from the dot-com era, as noted by Morgan Stanley analyst Todd Castagno last month.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

These included the 1987 Black Monday equities crash, the 1994 bond market crisis, the 1997 Asian debt crisis, the 1998 collapse of Long-Term Capital Management and the dot-com bust of 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

However, the younger group experienced sharp declines during the dot-com recession and then during the recession of 2007-09.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

But apparently you don’t need dot-com wealth to ruin an area for its low-income residents.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich