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
But beyond the economic implications of resale fueled by the desire to collect all of the different Angels, the gray market goes against the ethos of the brand.
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Jasmine Li, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
That's up almost 250% from 2022 and more than average resale price for the men's Final Four.
—Caitlin Clark, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
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Jasmine Li, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
That's up almost 250% from 2022 and more than average resale price for the men's Final Four.
—Caitlin Clark, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
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 4 May. 2024.
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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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