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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Across resale platforms, ticket prices for No Doubt’s Sphere residency currently range from approximately $211 to over $4,000.
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Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
To Alon Rotem, the resale platform’s chief strategy officer, that signals that resale is continuing its rise.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
And a surge in homes on the resale market didn’t help.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Tickets on the resale market fetch prices similar to other programs’ season ticket pacakages.
—Brad Schlossman, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
To Alon Rotem, the resale platform’s chief strategy officer, that signals that resale is continuing its rise.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
And a surge in homes on the resale market didn’t help.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Tickets on the resale market fetch prices similar to other programs’ season ticket pacakages.
—Brad Schlossman, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 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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