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

As of Sunday afternoon, the cheapest tickets on resale marketplaces such as StubHub, SeatGeek and TickPick all exceeded $6,000. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026

And rising logistics costs like shipping is another hurdle for small scale resale. —Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 June 2026

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Key Facts The cheapest resale ticket for Game 3 is $9,995, according to TickPick, a more than twofold increase from the cheapest ticket price ($4,247) a few days before the championship series started. —Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

But as demand for resale grows and there are more ways to buy secondhand, a familiar, troubling behavioral pattern is emerging. —Emily Zak, Vogue, 4 June 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