eBay

proper nounverbattested in dialogue

United States

A popular Internet auction website.

proper noun

1
A popular Internet auction website.
A used pink bathrobe A rare mint snow globe A Smurf TV tray I bought on eBay.
SIMONE: And he tracked down Mom's cameo—the one Dad pawned? He outbid fourteen other buyers on eBay.
When Zaq originally won his two-acre Utah plot off eBay in July 2005, he did so with the minimum bid of $610 dollars.

Etymology

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

verb

1
To put on auction at eBay.

Forms

past tense: eBayed
past participle: eBayed
present participle: eBaying
third person singular: eBays

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