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.
- give pursuit
- giver
- give rise to
- give someone a bell
- give someone a bloody nose
- give someone a break
- give someone a dose (or taste) of their own medicine
- give someone a fit
- give someone a hard time
- give someone a holler
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone an inch and he (or she) will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a shout
- give someone away
- give someone Bondi
- give someone credit for
- give someone grief
- give someone head
- give someone hell
- give someone one
- give someone (or get) a thick ear
- give someone (or get) the bum's rush
- give someone (some) skin
- give someone the big E