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.
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Ticket resale prices for several upcoming Indiana Fever games have dropped sharply following the team’s announcement that the rookie guard will miss at least two weeks with a quad strain.
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Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Additional recalls have since been initiated by companies that use Bedner Growers cucumbers in their products or that repackage the cucumbers for resale under different brand names.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Based on needs, trends, and other data, devices that are cleared for resale go to either wholesale, retail, component harvesting, or scrap.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
Odds of a sustained pickup in the resale market are limited as mortgage rates march higher and prices stay elevated, despite more listings coming on the market.
—Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
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Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Additional recalls have since been initiated by companies that use Bedner Growers cucumbers in their products or that repackage the cucumbers for resale under different brand names.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Based on needs, trends, and other data, devices that are cleared for resale go to either wholesale, retail, component harvesting, or scrap.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
Odds of a sustained pickup in the resale market are limited as mortgage rates march higher and prices stay elevated, despite more listings coming on the market.
—Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for resale
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“Resale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resale. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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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
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