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
German group Libero agreed to pay the money in 2023, in relation to the resale of ownership stakes in Barca Studios which is also connected to the ‘financial levers’ of the previous summer that allowed the club to sign first team stars such as Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Jules Kounde.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The look was sourced from luxury resale platform The RealReal and, as Marie Claire notes, was designed during John Galliano's reign at the label.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 13 June 2025
Buyers are more than ever turning to secondhand resale platforms, with 37 percent of shoppers doing so on online platforms such as Whatnot, Depop and The RealReal.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
StubHub, for instance, sold 30% of the Yankees seats for the 2024 World Series either through its direct issuance deal with the team or through its resale platform.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 12 June 2025
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The look was sourced from luxury resale platform The RealReal and, as Marie Claire notes, was designed during John Galliano's reign at the label.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 13 June 2025
Buyers are more than ever turning to secondhand resale platforms, with 37 percent of shoppers doing so on online platforms such as Whatnot, Depop and The RealReal.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
StubHub, for instance, sold 30% of the Yankees seats for the 2024 World Series either through its direct issuance deal with the team or through its resale platform.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 12 June 2025
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 4 Jul. 2025.
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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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