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

In October, the owner of CoolKicks, a resale store in Los Angeles, was arrested on suspicion of buying $500,000 worth of Nike sneakers that had been stolen from a cargo train. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025

The report describes resale as a tool for brands to acquire new customers, control their brand narrative, and generate new revenue. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025

These garments move fluidly through owners and stories, powered by a robust resale market. —Maria Williams, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025

In the wake of two 2024 documentaries about Stewart, copies had become scarce, sparking bidding wars on resale websites. —Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

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