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
Customers are hitting up eBay and other resale sites to find things like almond Dial soap, which has been out of circulation for years.
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Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
But just remember that prices on resale sites can change based on demand, especially as tour dates get closer.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 18 Feb. 2025
Data shows that housing demand in Washington, D.C., had already been affected even before Trump's inauguration: New home closings dropped by 16 percent in the year leading up to December 2024, according to John Burns' latest D.C. market analysis, and the resale market was stagnant.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Could the solution to soaring resale prices be … higher ticket prices?
To deal with white-hot demand, artists can try to play more shows at the biggest venues.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 12 Feb. 2025
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Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
But just remember that prices on resale sites can change based on demand, especially as tour dates get closer.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 18 Feb. 2025
Data shows that housing demand in Washington, D.C., had already been affected even before Trump's inauguration: New home closings dropped by 16 percent in the year leading up to December 2024, according to John Burns' latest D.C. market analysis, and the resale market was stagnant.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Could the solution to soaring resale prices be … higher ticket prices?
To deal with white-hot demand, artists can try to play more shows at the biggest venues.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for resale
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“Resale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resale. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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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
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