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

Waiting to sell or trade in a vehicle after five years of ownership and accumulating thousands of miles can decimate your vehicle's resale value. —Charles Singh, USA Today, 1 July 2025

Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images As the cost of President Trump's tariffs drives up the prices of goods, retailers are speeding up the process of returns to rush items back onto the resale market as fast as possible. —Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 25 June 2025

In the collaborative report from eBay and Bain, the companies aim to reveal how the upcoming regulation could reshape the economics of fashion resale. —Alexandra Pastore, Footwear News, 24 June 2025

As prices for new luxury goods rise, consumers are increasingly turning to the resale market to purchase products. —Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 24 June 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