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

Recent Examples on the Web Some are reselling online for hundreds of dollars more than the original price. Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2024 Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported that the firm paid Inflection $650 million in licensing fees to resell its AI models via its Azure cloud computing platform. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024 Ireland, for example, completely outlawed the practice of reselling tickets above face value several years ago. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024 Plus, people aren’t only buying art NFTs to resell them at a profit. Jessica Klein, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for resell 

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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 2 Oct. 2024.

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