e-commerce

noun

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

Examples of e-commerce in a Sentence

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The half-hour service follows the e-commerce giant’s recent expansion of its own one-hour and three-hour delivery capabilities, which will offer more than 90,000 eligible products. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 June 2026 For his own part, Mastercard’s Lambert predicted that AI chatbots will eventually sit between a meaningful share of e-commerce transactions. Ben Weiss, Fortune, 10 June 2026 According to Shopify, the best e-commerce platform is Shopify. Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 Costco also operates e-commerce sites in Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 June 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 12 Jun. 2026.

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