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

Sets of the three micro canvas tote bags (in each of the colors) are available on resale sites, too. —Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025

After a buzzy stretch for resale while the broader market has been soft, chief executive officer Rati Levesque painted a picture of The RealReal as a company at the vanguard of a massive swing. —Evan Clark, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025

In the event that a ticket holder is unable to attend and wants to sell their ticket, resale will be available through a face value ticket exchange. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025

Williams is one of a growing number of artists who’ve sought to curb resale so fans don’t have to pay hundreds to thousands of dollars more on secondary ticketing websites. —Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 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