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

This includes how much Tate McRae tickets cost, which ticket resale site offers the cheapest seats, an exclusive discount code, and more. —Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 19 Nov. 2024

Last-minute tickets for the race in Nevada are still available on resale sites such as TicketNetwork, Vivid Seats and SeatGeek. —Rudie Obias, Variety, 13 Nov. 2024

Roughly 60 copies of the game have been sold on the online resale site since posts on X started gaining traction. —Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024

The best of them are listed at inflated prices on the resale market. —Alice Cary, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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