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

Items that don't meet resale standards but are still usable are donated, and only a small fraction are discarded due to safety or hygiene concerns. —Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025

This week, the Southern California retail brand introduced PS Vintage, an assortment of vintage fashion powered by Springy, an online resale retailer. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Dec. 2025

Tickets for the final at MetLife Stadium on July 19 are already going for in excess of $11,000 on secondary resale sites. —James Robson, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025

SuperCircle routes recovered items into three main channels including resale, donation and recycling. —Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 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