e-commerce

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See also: eCommerce

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Etymology

From e- +‎ commerce.

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e-commerce (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, business) Commercial activity conducted via the Internet.
    Synonym: e-comms
    • 2006, Cristian Darie, Karli Watson, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 E-Commerce in C# 2005, Apress, →ISBN, page xxi:
      The last thing you need to do before launching the e-commerce site is enable credit card processing.

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