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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Existing portfolio companies include Swap Commerce in the UK, which is helping e-commerce companies tackle resource inefficiencies, Cloover, a German financing company in the renewable energy sector, and Dawnguard, a Dutch cyber security specialist. David Prosser, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Recent major Lexicon projects include Nucor Steel's facility in Kentucky and e-commerce sort facilities in Texas, California and Ohio. Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025 Its e-commerce site is accessed more than five billion times annually. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025 Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s e-mail newsletter turned e-commerce platform, monetized an all-natural life style, promoting raw-goat-milk cleanses and expensive organic cosmetics. Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 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 17 Sep. 2025.

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