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.
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While chances are these organizations will accept everything and sort it out later, not everything can actually be donated for resale and may need to be thrown away or recycled instead.
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
The Escondido homes are much larger than the majority of resale homes, ranging from 2,058 square feet to 3,031 square feet.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Attendance at games is deemed to include being at the game yourself, using the ticket forwarding scheme for a friend or relative to use your ticket or putting your seat up for resale in the ticket exchange scheme the club runs.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
High-risk products—those with high return rates, low resale value, or complex reverse logistics—require careful evaluation to minimize financial exposure.
—Dennis Mitzner, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
The Escondido homes are much larger than the majority of resale homes, ranging from 2,058 square feet to 3,031 square feet.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Attendance at games is deemed to include being at the game yourself, using the ticket forwarding scheme for a friend or relative to use your ticket or putting your seat up for resale in the ticket exchange scheme the club runs.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
High-risk products—those with high return rates, low resale value, or complex reverse logistics—require careful evaluation to minimize financial exposure.
—Dennis Mitzner, Forbes, 25 Mar. 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 1 Apr. 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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