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

The popularity of online resale sites, like TheRealReal or Fashionphile, has compelled shops to rethink their pricing. —Mari Sato The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 1 Feb. 2026

Authorities say the resale price depended on the face value of the check, and purchases were made via several electronic payment platforms. —Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026

Phia began as a browser extension that surfed the web for resale comps to items shoppers were searching. —Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

But under California’s bill, AB 1349, selling speculative tickets could be banned on all resale platforms in the state. —Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 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