dot-com
/dɒtˈkɒm
/(also dot.com)
noun
A company that conducts its business on the Internet: tons of dot-coms went out of business...
- New companies that work solely through the Internet, especially the dot-coms, have a distinctive style.
- However, pure-play dot-coms are challenged to attract customers during the holidays without breaking the bank.
- In the light-speed world of dot-coms, few corporate managers have time to wait for a warehouse to be built.
Origin
1990s: from '.com' in an Internet address, indicating a commercial site.
- monetary compensatory amount
- monetary overhang
- monetary union
- monetary unit
- Monet, Claude
- monethyl
- monetise
- monetite
- monetization
- monetize
- money
- money advice
- money affairs
- money-back
- money bag
- moneybags
- money bank
- money belt
- money-bound
- money box
- money broker
- money-broking
- money bush
- money capital
- money-catching