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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Madsen is the founder and CEO of Maya’s Cookies, a gourmet vegan cookie company with locations in Granville and San Marcos and an e-commerce business selling cookies on its website. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025 Payment and delivery are handled by the e-commerce platforms, as usual. PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025 Walmart Fulfillment Services is technically the grant recipient, a Walmart division that handles the company’s e-commerce orders. Brian Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025 The rollout of chatbot shopping features—including the possibility of AI agents that will shop on behalf of users—could also upend e-commerce, radically transforming the way businesses design their websites and try to market to consumers. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for e-commerce

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 2 Oct. 2025.

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