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

Squali wrote that Amazon’s first-quarter results on April 29 should show sales acceleration at AWS along with above-industry growth across e-commerce and digital advertising.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Advertising is one of Amazon’s fastest-growing and most lucrative business segments, said Sky Canaves, a retail and e-commerce analyst at Emarketer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The market is running a pretty simple narrative that AI is going to kill e-commerce or certain types of businesses.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Domestically, logistics players could benefit from the booming e-commerce and trade diversion due to the U.S.-China trade tensions, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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