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

However, as time has passed and rage has subsided, the Code 11.59 isn’t as bad as critics initially claimed, and its flaky resale market is showing signs of improvement. —Clem Chambers, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025

The Peach House: Lululemon's resale shop, Like New, will take over Pilates studio The Peach House for free workout classes March 8-9 and a community run on March 9. —Nicole Cobler, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025

The date for ticket resale, where tickets that have not been fully paid for are put back up for purchase, is set for the spring, although the exact date has not been announced. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025

More details of this year’s resale are expected to arrive soon. —Sophie Williams, Billboard, 6 Mar. 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