eBay

See also: ebay

English

Etymology

Short for Echo Bay Technology Group, the consulting firm involved with its development. By surface analysis, e- (digital) +‎ bay.

Proper noun

eBay

1. A popular Internet auction website.
   • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)

     A used pink bathrobe
     A rare mint snow globe
     A Smurf TV tray
     I bought on eBay.

   • 2015 October 29, Mike Abu, “A Trip to Zaqistan, One Man’s ‘Sovereign Nation’ in the Middle of the Utah Desert”, in VICE‎:

     When Zaq originally won his two-acre Utah plot off eBay in July 2005, he did so with the minimum bid of $610 dollars.

Derived terms

• eBayer

Translations

eBay (alternative non-romanised names)

Arabic: إِيبَاي m (ʔībāy) Chinese: Mandarin: 電子灣 / 电子湾 (diànzǐ-wān), 電子港灣 / 电子港湾 (diànzǐ-gǎngwān) French: eBay m Greek: ημπεη (impeï) Hebrew: איביי m or m pl or f (íbey) Hindi: ईबे (ībe) Japanese: イーベイ (ībei) Korean: 이베이 (ibei) Persian: ای‌بی (i-bey) Russian: иБэ́й m (iBɛ́j), ибэ́й m (ibɛ́j) Thai: อีเบย์ (ii-bee)

Verb

eBay (third-person singular simple present eBays, present participle eBaying, simple past and past participle eBayed)

1. To put on auction at eBay.

See also

• eBay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Abey, Baye, abey, abye, beya