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
Recently selling for $5,245 on luxury resale site Vestiaire Collective, the coat hailed from the fashion house’s fall 2000 collection.
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Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 3 Jan. 2026
The resale prices of Labubus started to fall after Pop Mart increased production of the dolls to meet demand, according to CNBC.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Feel free to cross-post items on multiple community resale boards, just be sure to mention this fact so bidders aren’t caught off guard when the item has already sold.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
Find out how economic uncertainty may impact the resale and thrift market.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025
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Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 3 Jan. 2026
The resale prices of Labubus started to fall after Pop Mart increased production of the dolls to meet demand, according to CNBC.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Feel free to cross-post items on multiple community resale boards, just be sure to mention this fact so bidders aren’t caught off guard when the item has already sold.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
Find out how economic uncertainty may impact the resale and thrift market.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 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 6 Jan. 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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