resale
noun
re·sale
ˈrē-ˌsāl 
(ˌ)rē-ˈsāl
(ˌ)rē-ˈsāl
1
: the act of selling again usually to a new party
2
a
: a secondhand sale
b
: an additional sale to the same buyer
Examples of resale in a Sentence
They earned thousands of dollars on resales of the baseball tickets.
He buys baseball collectibles and then holds them for resale.
The resale price of the car is $8,000.
Recent Examples on the Web
Single-match tickets appear to start at a higher price on Ticketmaster, the resale site linked to by the team website.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
However, as of Friday afternoon, resale markets listed tickets for as little as $7 for Saturday’s game and $4 for Sunday’s game.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
However, resale tickets may be available on SeatGeek, StubHub, Ticketmaster and Vivid Seats.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Almost immediately, tickets began appearing on secondary resale markets, where prices in some cases surged up to 70 times their original face value.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
However, as of Friday afternoon, resale markets listed tickets for as little as $7 for Saturday’s game and $4 for Sunday’s game.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
However, resale tickets may be available on SeatGeek, StubHub, Ticketmaster and Vivid Seats.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Almost immediately, tickets began appearing on secondary resale markets, where prices in some cases surged up to 70 times their original face value.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for resale
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“Resale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resale. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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resale
noun
re·sale
ˈrē-ˌsāl
(ˈ)rē-ˈsā(ə)l
: the act or an instance of selling again
Legal Definition
resale
noun
re·sale
ˈrē-ˌsāl, ˌrē-ˈsāl
: the act or an instance of selling again
specifically
: the selling of goods again by the same seller by right and after a breach by the original buyer
a purchaser that buys in good faith at a resale takes the goods free of any rights of the original buyer —Uniform Commercial Code
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