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
Retailers, more broadly, have been rushing returns back into the resale market as a result of tariffs.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The Corolla has an outstanding reputation, though, famous for its name recognition, reliability, resale value and overall practicality.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
On average, though, a seat will cost you around $600 apiece on any of the three ticket resale sites.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2025
Live Nation and Ticketmaster have been accused of allowing scalpers to hoover up millions of tickets so they can be resold on Ticketmaster’s own resale platforms at a steep markups to customers.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The Corolla has an outstanding reputation, though, famous for its name recognition, reliability, resale value and overall practicality.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
On average, though, a seat will cost you around $600 apiece on any of the three ticket resale sites.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2025
Live Nation and Ticketmaster have been accused of allowing scalpers to hoover up millions of tickets so they can be resold on Ticketmaster’s own resale platforms at a steep markups to customers.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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 21 Sep. 2025.
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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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