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

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dot-com

This is not 1999: Raich doesn’t buy the market-top comparisons to the dot-com era.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Those saved some money, but taxpayers are still paying for the dot-com fillips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Such a wide spread between the current and average price hasn’t been seen since the top of the dot-com run.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Accounting for asset write-downs, corporate failures and diminution of wealth, the dot-com and subprime losses are estimated at around $5-6 trillion and perhaps $15-20 trillion, respectively.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 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