eBay

[ ee-bey ]

/ ˈiˌbeɪ /

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Digital Technology, Trademark.

the brand name for an internet retail website, launched in 1995, that specializes in consumer-to-consumer sales.

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Origin of eBay

First recorded in 1990–95; short for Echo Bay Technology Group, a company founded by the founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar (born 1967), French-born American entrepreneur of Iranian ancestry

Words nearby eBay

eave spout, eavestrough, eave trough, EB, Eban, eBay, eBayer, ebb, ebb and flow, Ebbinghaus, ebb tide

How to use eBay in a sentence

Retailers were hammered by the scheme because checks and balances were scant in 2012, when the eBay grifting peaked.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The shift in language and content is click-bait for the enterprising eBay-er.
Dismembering History: The Shady Online Trade in Ancient Texts|Candida Moss|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This past week a new eBay auction announced the sale of “Ancient Egyptian papyrus with Greek letters—Bible.”
Dismembering History: The Shady Online Trade in Ancient Texts|Candida Moss|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If we wondered where a forger would get the materials to forge a text like this, we need look no further than eBay.
Dismembering History: The Shady Online Trade in Ancient Texts|Candida Moss|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But the business climate and consumer culture of China made things difficult for companies like Google and eBay.
Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers|Brendon Hong|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As it is, take something home from the architectural salvage lot and sell it on eBay.
Makers|Cory Doctorow