ebay
/ˈibˌeɪ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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.