resell

verb

re·​sell (ˌ)rē-ˈsel How to pronounce resell (audio)
resold (ˌ)rē-ˈsōld How to pronounce resell (audio) ; reselling

transitive verb

: to sell (something) again
He bought the house with plans to fix it up and resell it.
reseller noun
plural resellers
book/computer/ticket resellers
a value-added reseller
now available for purchase through authorized resellers

Examples of resell in a Sentence

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China could also gain access to the chips on the black market, since another country could buy Nvidia’s chips and resell them to China, Sundararajan said. Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025 Its popularity once led a bar in Minnesota to buy it and resell it, ultimately leading to felony charges. Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Remake, a fashion advocacy group, hosted a Wear Your Values Weekend at Parsons The New School that included a panel on reselling, remaking and recycling. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025 In addition to being faster and scalable, fiber doesn’t hide metals worth extracting and reselling. Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for resell

Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of resell was in 1572

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“Resell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resell. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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