dot-com

noun

ˈdät-ˌkäm 

often attributive

: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website

Examples of dot-com in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the latest dubious milestone for US Treasuries, the yield on the 10-year benchmark note just hit its highest level since the dot-com bust. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

By the late 1990s, dot-com investors were paying prices that assumed enormous growth far into the future. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Sep. 2026

Troublingly, the analyst sees more value investors throwing in the towel as possibly signaling stress in the market, which has drawn comparisons to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s as stocks skyrocket on the promise of AI. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Reilly’s September 10 report found consensus estimates for S&P 500 earnings growth now matching dot-com-era peaks, concentrated overwhelmingly in technology and semiconductor names. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from the use of .com in the URLs of such companies

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dot-com

• aplomb
• balaam
• begam
• cocom
• embalm
• islam
• pogrom
• salaam
• sitcom
• balm
• bom
• bomb