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- proper noun a popular internet
auction website and its owner. - verb to put on
auction at eBay.
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Examples
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For eBay, it would be a chance to bridge online commerce with physical, in-store shopping, as Milo is really good at enabling people to find the best price and availability for products they want to buy immediately, offline. eBay® U.S.
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The basic flaw in eBay is that the reputation of sellers cannot be trusted.
John Donahoe’s Plan to Save eBay: Better Search - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Atari 2600 Air Raid Cartridge with Box on eBay is at $6,500.00
Atari 2600 Air Raid Cartridge with Box on eBay is at $6,500.00 - The Retroist 2010
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The advantage of the second-price auction in the context of eBay is that you don't have to keep checking to see if someone matched your bid.
eBay, Fun, and Social Waste, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Me: I would take that in a different direction: eBay is subject to different employment laws, etc. than My Auction Site and its one employee.
Archive 2009-01-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Google, for instance, makes most of its money off small advertisers (the long tail of advertising), and eBay is mostly tail as well - niche and one-off products.
The Long Tail, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Jeanne Yang: eBay is a fantastic resource to research silhouettes. eBay is like a fashion library, from the patterns to vintage dresses and sketches.
Meredith Barnett: Katie Holmes' Designer Collaborator Tells Us To Avoid Dressing Like a Plucked Chicken Meredith Barnett 2010
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That is, part of the fun (for some people) in using eBay is watching the price change and seeing whether their bid will win.
eBay, Fun, and Social Waste, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Jeanne Yang: eBay is a fantastic resource to research silhouettes. eBay is like a fashion library, from the patterns to vintage dresses and sketches.
Meredith Barnett: Katie Holmes' Designer Collaborator Tells Us To Avoid Dressing Like a Plucked Chicken Meredith Barnett 2010
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Her former boss, Republican Meg Whitman, the former head of eBay, is running for governor of California and Nicky, the "illegal alien" is now an election issue.
Parvez Sharma: Delhi's Servant Crisis and the Commonweath Games Parvez Sharma 2010
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