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

Some of the merchandise that is ready for resale will go into Redress’ Summer Secondhand pop-up from June 23 to 28. —Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

Interior designers agree that turning to resale sites like Facebook Marketplace is an excellent tactic. —Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 22 June 2026

Today, the Dune bucket is listed for anywhere between $40 and $360 on resale sites like eBay. —Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 June 2026

Tickets to next month's match have soared, with seats in the upper sections running roughly $3,500 to $4,000 each, according to our last check of ticket resale sites. —Maddie White, CBS News, 21 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