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
Checking provenance is relatively straightforward on the primary market, where collectors buy from a living artist’s studio or representative, but less so on the secondary market, which refers to the resale of works.
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Lucy Handley, CNBC, 17 July 2024
There are resale tickets available for $150 and up.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
The concert starts at 7 p.m. Hootie & the Blowfish Phoenix tickets
As of Tuesday, July 2, resale tickets were available at ticketmaster.com starting at $29.75.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The global resale is estimated to grow to $350 billion by 2027.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 7 July 2024
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Lucy Handley, CNBC, 17 July 2024
There are resale tickets available for $150 and up.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
The concert starts at 7 p.m. Hootie & the Blowfish Phoenix tickets
As of Tuesday, July 2, resale tickets were available at ticketmaster.com starting at $29.75.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The global resale is estimated to grow to $350 billion by 2027.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 7 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for resale
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“Resale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resale. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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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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