"e-commerce" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: e- + commerce Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|e|commerce|nocat=1}} e- + commerce Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=e-commerce}} e-commerce (uncountable)
  1. (Internet, business) Commercial activity conducted via the Internet. Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Internet Synonyms: E-commerce, e-Commerce, eCommerce, electronic commerce Hypernyms: commerce Related terms: e-trade, social commerce Translations (commercial activity conducted via the Internet): تِجَارَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّة (tijāra ʔiliktrōniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 電子商貿 (Chinese Mandarin), 电子商贸 (diànzǐ shāngmào) (Chinese Mandarin), 電子商務 (Chinese Mandarin), 电子商务 (diànzǐ shāngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), e商務 (Chinese Mandarin), e商务 (e-shāngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), e商業 (Chinese Mandarin), e商业 (e-shāngyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 電商 (Chinese Mandarin), 电商 (diànshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), electronic commerce (Dutch), e-commerce (Dutch), verkkokauppa (Finnish), verkkokaupankäynti (Finnish), commerce électronique [feminine] (French), vente en ligne [feminine] (French), ელექტრონული კომერცია (elekṭronuli ḳomercia) (Georgian), elektronischer Handel [masculine] (German), Internethandel [masculine] (German), Online-Handel [masculine] (German), e-kereskedelem (Hungarian), 電子商取引 (denshi-shō-torihiki) (alt: でんししょうとりひき) (Japanese), イーコマース (īkomāsu) (Japanese), eコマース (e-komāsu) (Japanese), 전자 상업 (jeonja sang'eop) (alt: 電子商業) (Korean), e상업 (e-sang'eop) (Korean), handel elektroniczny [masculine] (Polish), handel internetowy [masculine] (Polish), comércio eletrónico [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), comércio eletrônico [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), электро́нная комме́рция (elektrónnaja kommércija) [feminine] (Russian), comercio electrónico [masculine] (Spanish), e-commerce [feminine] (Spanish), e-ticaret (Turkish), thương mại điện tử (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elektrónnaja kommércija",
      "sense": "commercial activity conducted via the Internet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "электро́нная комме́рция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "commercial activity conducted via the Internet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comercio electrónico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "commercial activity conducted via the Internet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "e-commerce"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "commercial activity conducted via the Internet",
      "word": "e-ticaret"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "commercial activity conducted via the Internet",
      "word": "thương mại điện tử"
    }
  ],
  "word": "e-commerce"
}

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