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commerce

commerce

13 2.8
Buying and selling goods or services online using the Internet
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːmɜːrs/
  • Texting
translation icon : comercio electrónico
  • Do you hope to grow your e-commerce business in the new year?
  • electronic commerce
  • E-commerce
  • Internet commerce

Do you hope to grow your e-commerce business in the new year?

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Examples

  • Shopify covers every sales channel from in person POS system to an all in one e-commerce platform.

  • That's right, Shopify is the commerce platform revolutionizing millions of businesses worldwide.

  • If this were not the case, Internet commerce would be dead.

  • The majority of online retailers use social commerce to build brand awareness and drive sales.

    Blog text (6)
  • In some countries, such as Kenya, electronic commerce is essentially replacing cash.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Much of the transformation can be traced to the rapid worldwide growth of electronic commerce.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In the lumber industry, an Internet presence would be more useful for business-to-business commerce as opposed to business-to-consumer.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The rise of commerce on the Internet has changed the way many people shop.

  • Many companies are investing heavily in commerce platforms to reach more customers online.

  • As commerce evolves, businesses are finding new ways to attract buyers through digital marketing.

Synonyms

business
vscommerce
1.0

Buying and selling goods or services to make money

focuses only on electronic buying and selling rather than all market activity
trade
vscommerce
1.0

Buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services between businesses and people

is limited to transactions carried out electronically rather than in any medium
e-commerce
vscommerce
  • Texting
2 3.3

Buying and selling goods and services on the internet

is the same activity but named in a broader technical label

Compounds

71 4.6

A government official who leads the United States department that promotes trade and industry

A U.S. government department that promotes and regulates trade and runs agencies like the Census and Patent Office

13 4.2

A government official who leads the United States Department of Commerce

9 3.8

A United States government department that promotes and makes rules for trade and runs the national census and patent office

A group of business people who support and promote local businesses

A former federal agency in the United States that set prices and rules for trains and other transport between states

A United States government department established in 1903 that handled business and worker issues until it split in 1913

e-commerce boom
  • Texting
3.5

A period when online shopping grows very quickly

An item offered for sale or trade in business

A person who led the United States department that handled business and worker affairs before 1913

How Digital

commerce
  • Texting
13 2.8
telecommerce
  • Archaic
7.9

Surface Forms

commerce singular
commerces plural

Etymology

Commerce in e-commerce keeps the same parts com- 'together' and merx 'goods', but now the 'together' happens online or through computers. So commerce can mean buying and selling on the Internet.