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

Buyers should also carefully review checkout totals on resale platforms, where additional fees may be added before the purchase is finalized. —Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

Ticketmaster should not be permitted to participate in the ticket resale market. —Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026

While Ticketmaster still has some seats on sale, your best shot is getting tickets from resale sites like StubHub, Vivid Seats, and SeatGeek. —Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2026

Types of silver bars for investment Silver bars vary in ways that directly affect cost, resale value and storage requirements — starting with size and weight. —Sharon Wu, USA Today, 15 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