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
After almost a year, his car hasn’t lost any range, which bodes well for resale value.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
The 22 year-old singer will embark on a world tour in support of her third studio album this fall — and tickets are still available on a wide array of resale sites such as Stubhub, VividSeats, SeatGeek and Ticketmaster.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 May 2024
Tickets for the European dates are still available on resale websites.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
While some sessions are already sold out, a resale platform will officially open on the May 15.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
The 22 year-old singer will embark on a world tour in support of her third studio album this fall — and tickets are still available on a wide array of resale sites such as Stubhub, VividSeats, SeatGeek and Ticketmaster.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 May 2024
Tickets for the European dates are still available on resale websites.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
While some sessions are already sold out, a resale platform will officially open on the May 15.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for resale
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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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