eBay

See also: ebay

English

Etymology

Short for Echo Bay Technology Group, the consulting firm involved with its development.

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.

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 (fr) 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