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commerce

commerce

13 2.8
Buying and selling goods or services online using the Internet
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːmɜːrs/
  • Texting
: 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.