eBay

[ ee-bey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of eBay¹

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

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