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

Existing systems depend heavily on export markets and resale channels to remain financially viable — a dependency that will not scale. —Jessica Binns, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026

Remaining tickets for Saturday’s game are being sold for resale prices of up to $3,454 on StubHub. —Annie Costabile, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026

The cheapest resale price of a standard ticket for the final is now just under $11,000 on the marketplace, with the cheapest wheelchair-accessible ticket fetching almost $15,000. —Ben Church, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

After going through a trough, the resale apparel sector is coming back, especially for luxury goods. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Apr. 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