Last of police force accepting small measure as feature of the online world? (1-8)
I believe the answer is:
e-commerce
'feature of the online world?' is the definition.
(buying and selling things online)
'last of police force accepting small measure' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'force' could be 'e' (E is the symbol of electromotive force) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'measure' could be 'mm' (mm is a kind of measure) and 'mm' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for e-commerce that I've seen before include "Transactions conducted on the internet" , "Business conducted via the internet" , "Online trading" , "Internet trade" .)