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
The partnership is a two-way cross-selling agreement; Fanatics agreed to have Ticketmaster resale tickets appear in its app, while Ticketmaster agreed to have some Fanatics products appear on its platforms.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The average resale ticket price to attend Saturday's Final Four games (in which every team was a No. 1 seed) was $702, according to SeatGeek.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
The club’s resale shop, Bloom Again, is located on the corner of La Granada and Avenida de Acacias in the heart of Rancho Santa Fe (entrance faces La Granada).
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed to crack down on ticket scalping and resale practices, alongside rock star Kid Rock.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The average resale ticket price to attend Saturday's Final Four games (in which every team was a No. 1 seed) was $702, according to SeatGeek.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
The club’s resale shop, Bloom Again, is located on the corner of La Granada and Avenida de Acacias in the heart of Rancho Santa Fe (entrance faces La Granada).
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed to crack down on ticket scalping and resale practices, alongside rock star Kid Rock.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 31 Mar. 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 22 Apr. 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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