often attributive
: commerce conducted via the Internet

Examples of e-commerce in a Sentence

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In addition to the brand’s e-commerce, the collection will also be available in a new temporary store that opens in Milan this week and for a run of just over four months. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 Project Nessie was intended to stop retail price-matching practices from creating unsustainably low prices, the e-commerce giant said. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Amazon — The e-commerce giant gained more than 1% after Morgan Stanley named it a top pick and raised its price target. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 For an e-commerce retailer, for example, looking at prediction market users’ trades on future Amazon credit card receipts could present an accurate forecast of consumer spending in the month to come. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for e-commerce

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of e-commerce was in 1993

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“E-commerce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e-commerce. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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