resale

noun

re·​sale ˈrē-ˌsāl 

(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

Owning a model that returns a higher resale value means being able to make a larger down payment to help lower monthly expenditures on the next vehicle and perhaps even qualify for a lower financing rate. —Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

Tickets are also available on resale sites like SeatGeek. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025

The value of gold in jewelry includes craftsmanship and design costs, and resale values are often lower than market prices Paper Gold Paper gold refers to investments that provide exposure to gold prices without owning the physical metal. —Gabriel O Rodríguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025

The resale market is seeing more supply, partly because homes are sitting on the market longer. —Diana Olick, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for resale

• airmail
• assail
• avail
• bewail
• blackmail
• cattail
• cocktail
• curtail
• derail
• detail
• dovetail
• email

Kids Definition

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

resalable

ˌrē-ˈsā-lə-bəl 

adjective