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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

To bulletproof itself, Airbnb might look to another e-commerce giant that has so far kept AI agents at arm’s length: Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

For Lim, the e-commerce specialist, the holy grail is something rarer still: a kit from North Korean carrier Air Koryo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

A night before, an attack sparked a fire at a Yandex facility in the Ryazan region, causing major outages that affected transport and e-commerce platforms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 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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