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Ebay Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 7/18/12, at 8:45pm ET   ·   As of:  7/19/12   ·   For:  6/30/12   ·   Accession #:  1065088-12-85   ·   File #:  0-24821

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/19/12  Ebay Inc                          10-Q        6/30/12   80:9.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    822K 
 2: EX-10.01    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 3: EX-10.02    Material Contract                                   HTML     26K 
 4: EX-10.03    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 5: EX-10.04    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 6: EX-10.05    Material Contract                                   HTML     73K 
 7: EX-10.06    Material Contract                                   HTML     75K 
 8: EX-10.07    Material Contract                                   HTML     48K 
 9: EX-10.08    Material Contract                                   HTML     67K 
10: EX-10.09    Material Contract                                   HTML     84K 
11: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML     76K 
12: EX-10.11    Material Contract                                   HTML     49K 
13: EX-10.12    Material Contract                                   HTML     49K 
14: EX-10.13    Material Contract                                   HTML     49K 
15: EX-10.14    Material Contract                                   HTML     46K 
16: EX-12.01    Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                  HTML     29K 
17: EX-31.01    Certification of Registrants Ceo, as Required by    HTML     29K 
                Section 906                                                      
18: EX-31.02    Certification of Registrants CFO, as Required by    HTML     29K 
                Section 906                                                      
19: EX-32.01    Certification of Registrants Ceo, as Required by    HTML     25K 
                Section 302                                                      
20: EX-32.02    Certification of Registrants CFO, as Required by    HTML     25K 
                Section 302                                                      
58: R1          DEI Document                                        HTML     50K 
48: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet                HTML    138K 
56: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet                HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
60: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income          HTML     91K 
75: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive   HTML     64K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
50: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows      HTML    139K 
55: R7          Note 1 - The Company and Summary of Significant     HTML     36K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
45: R8          Note 2 - Net Income per Share                       HTML     60K 
37: R9          Note 3 - Business Combinations and Divestitures     HTML     35K 
76: R10         Note 4 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets             HTML     97K 
62: R11         Note 5 - Segments                                   HTML    103K 
61: R12         Note 6 - Fair Value Measurement of Assets and       HTML    127K 
                Liabilities                                                      
66: R13         Note 7 - Derivative Instruments                     HTML     94K 
67: R14         Note 8 - Debt                                       HTML     79K 
65: R15         Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies              HTML     56K 
68: R16         Note 10 - Stock Repurchase Programs                 HTML     41K 
57: R17         Note 11 - Stock-Based Plans                         HTML     82K 
59: R18         Note 12 - Income Taxes                              HTML     41K 
64: R19         Note 13 - Loans and Interest Receivable, Net        HTML     41K 
80: R20         Note 1 - The Company and Summary of Significant     HTML     41K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
71: R21         Note 2 - Net Income per Share (Tables)              HTML     56K 
52: R22         Note 3 - Business Combinations and Divestitures     HTML     32K 
                (Tables)                                                         
63: R23         Note 4 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)    HTML     92K 
54: R24         Note 5 - Segments (Tables)                          HTML     95K 
32: R25         Note 6 - Fair Value Measurement of Assets and       HTML    114K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
72: R26         Note 7 - Derivative Instruments (Tables)            HTML     92K 
77: R27         Note 8 - Debt (Tables)                              HTML     72K 
41: R28         Note 10 - Stock Repurchase Programs (Tables)        HTML     41K 
40: R29         Note 11 - Stock-Based Plans (Tables)                HTML     86K 
43: R30         Note 12 - Income Taxes (Tables)                     HTML     33K 
44: R31         Note 13 - Loans and Interest Receivable, Net        HTML     35K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R32         Note 1 - The Company and Summary of Significant     HTML     27K 
                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
31: R33         Note 2 - Net Income per Share (Details)             HTML     65K 
69: R34         Note 3 - Business Combinations and Divestitures     HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R35         Note 4 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets By          HTML     47K 
                Reportable Segment (Details)                                     
53: R36         Note 4 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets Intangible  HTML     42K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
35: R37         Note 5 - Segments (Details)                         HTML     53K 
79: R38         Note 6 - Fair Value Measurement of Assets and       HTML    101K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
27: R39         Note 7 - Derivative Instruments (Details)           HTML     38K 
47: R40         Note 7 - Derivative Instruments, Effect of          HTML     37K 
                Derivative Contracts on Accumulated Other                        
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
74: R41         Note 7 - Derivative Instruments, Effect of          HTML     34K 
                Derivative Contracts on Condensed Consolidated                   
                Financial Information (Details)                                  
34: R42         Note 8 - Debt (Details)                             HTML    107K 
39: R43         Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies Schedule of  HTML     35K 
                Commitments and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements                   
                (Details)                                                        
42: R44         Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies Loss         HTML     39K 
                Contingencies (Details)                                          
49: R45         Note 10 - Stock Repurchase Programs (Details)       HTML     58K 
30: R46         Note 11 - Stock-Based Plans Stock Option Activity   HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
36: R47         Note 11 - Stock-Based Plans Restricted Stock Units  HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R48         Note 11 - Stock-Based Plans Stock-Based             HTML     37K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
73: R49         Note 11 - Stock-Based Plans Valuation Assumptions   HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
33: R50         Note 12 - Income Taxes (Details)                    HTML     45K 
70: R51         Note 13 - Loans and Interest Receivable, Net        HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     99K 
38: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.29M 
21: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ebay-20120630                       XML   2.15M 
23: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ebay-20120630_cal               XML    162K 
24: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ebay-20120630_def                XML    642K 
25: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ebay-20120630_lab                     XML   1.36M 
26: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ebay-20120630_pre              XML    752K 
22: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ebay-20120630                         XSD    150K 
29: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001065088-12-000085-xbrl      Zip    198K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — ebay-20120630_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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