e-commerce

noun

e-com·​merce ˈē-ˌkä-(ˌ)mərs How to pronounce e-commerce (audio)
often attributive
: commerce conducted via the Internet

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Jase Parnell-Brookes is the Managing Editor for e-commerce for Space and Live Science. Matt Morris, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026 Backed into a legal corner, Google is now prepared to decrease its baseline commissions for subscriptions and e-commerce transactions into the 10% to 20% range while creating a new option that would charge 5% for payment processing. ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026 In 2012, Baronchelli took his first leap into entrepreneurship, moving to Hong Kong in 2012 to join the founding team of Asian e-commerce unicorn Lazada. Angelica Ang, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026 Amazon shares pulled back in extended trading after the e-commerce giant said drone strikes damaged three of its facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Mar. 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 11 Mar. 2026.

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