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

The RealReal, an online marketplace for resale luxury goods, was an earthquake of an idea when it was introduced, but the business has had to make several course corrections over the years, and now seems to be getting into something of a rhythm. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Thousands of tickets were scooped up long before actual fans could get their hands on it, later hitting the resale market for double or even triple the face value price. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026

Archrival argues that for today’s Gen Zs, every costume must serve beyond the moment, accounting for both resale and use value. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Nvidia's backstops can take many forms, such as guaranteeing a minimum resale price or a minimum hourly offtake price for the chips in the event the lender has to recoup the assets. — Kif Leswing,isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

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