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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But investors appear to be looking past this because of the growth acceleration at the cloud computing business and Alibaba's core China e-commerce division which houses revenue from its online shopping platforms Taobao and Tmall as well as the quick commerce initiative. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025 Its e-commerce arm enjoyed a particularly successful third quarter—recording double-digit growth—which the company attributed in part to progress made in automation. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025 Inès de la Fressange now makes a quarter of its revenues online, with e-commerce sales up 33 percent year-over-year between January and September, Boé added. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025 Now, a seeming contradiction—funding for e-commerce startups is at a low. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 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 26 Nov. 2025.

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