resell

verb

re·​sell (ˌ)rē-ˈsel How to pronounce resell (audio)
resold (ˌ)rē-ˈsōld How to pronounce resell (audio) ; reselling

transitive verb

: to sell (something) again
He bought the house with plans to fix it up and resell it.
reseller noun
plural resellers
book/computer/ticket resellers
a value-added reseller
now available for purchase through authorized resellers

Examples of resell in a Sentence

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Prosecutors said DeLand resident Angel Velazquez Delgado, 34, led five others also living in DeLand in purchasing high-caliber guns and reselling them to the La Familia and La Nueva Generacion cartels, according to Velazquez Delgado’s signed plea agreement. Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025 The standoff is over. More than 100 NFL players were fined for reselling Super Bowl 59 tickets above face value, a league source told The Athletic. Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 26 July 2025 Hospitals abuse the federal 340B program to purchase medications at mandatory discounts and then resell them to vulnerable patients at substantial markups — 1,000% or more. Joel White, Boston Herald, 7 July 2025 White-label program ending Since acquiring VMware, Broadcom has been shrinking the number of businesses that are eligible to resell and provide support for VMware offerings. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for resell

Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of resell was in 1572

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“Resell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resell. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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