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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Retail employees are expected to engage continuously in person on the selling floor, to service e-commerce customers remotely and via social media. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 In this age of e-commerce and instant digital payments, cash is very much still king. Joe Arrage, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 About a year ago, Mercado briefly considered creating a press-on nail business and selling on TikTok Shop, the company’s e-commerce platform, but hesitated. Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 Loop upgrades Shopify to buy from hold Loop says the e-commerce platform company is an AI beneficiary. Michael Bloom, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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