resale
noun
re·sale
ˈrē-ˌsāl 
(ˌ)rē-ˈsāl
(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 cheapest seat to the World Cup Final in New York on July 19 costs $10,329—more than four times the city’s median monthly mortgage payment of $2,523, according to a Rocket Mortgage analysis of resale prices from TicketData.
—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Preservation, restoration and storage are increasingly viewed as part of the entire luxury life cycle experience, particularly as resale values become an important consideration at the original purchase stage.
—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
Ticket prices The least expensive tickets for Wednesday’s game earlier this week were listed for more $1,500 apiece on ticket resale website StubHub, with premium and exclusive lounge seats ranging from $5,000 to $20,000.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Depop brings roughly 7 million active buyers, nearly 90% of whom are under 35, giving eBay a fresh growth angle in one of the strongest areas of consumer resale.
—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Preservation, restoration and storage are increasingly viewed as part of the entire luxury life cycle experience, particularly as resale values become an important consideration at the original purchase stage.
—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
Ticket prices The least expensive tickets for Wednesday’s game earlier this week were listed for more $1,500 apiece on ticket resale website StubHub, with premium and exclusive lounge seats ranging from $5,000 to $20,000.
—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Depop brings roughly 7 million active buyers, nearly 90% of whom are under 35, giving eBay a fresh growth angle in one of the strongest areas of consumer resale.
—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
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 3 Jul. 2026.
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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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