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

Suddenly, once difficult-to-find larger sizes were becoming more common in the batches of clothing arriving for resale. —Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025

Some customers bulk-bought the meal deals and resold them to Pokémon enthusiasts, while some of the Happy Meal toys were listed on the country's largest online resale marketplace, Mercari, at higher prices. —Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

Some states also have legal restrictions on their resale. —Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025

Gen Z’s rediscovery of Coach through TikTok unboxings and resale platforms is not about irony or costume. —Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 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