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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Because of their scarcity, Birkin bags have a crowded resale market.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Tickets to the live podcast are currently sold out, but resale tickets may be available closer to the date.
—Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
At the current pace of sales, the supply of unsold homes would last 3.6 months, marking the most sluggish resale market the region has seen since 2011.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
Are there still Savannah Bananas tickets for Cincinnati? Tickets for the June 13-14 games at Great American Ball Park are sold out, but some are available for resale on various sites.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Tickets to the live podcast are currently sold out, but resale tickets may be available closer to the date.
—Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
At the current pace of sales, the supply of unsold homes would last 3.6 months, marking the most sluggish resale market the region has seen since 2011.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
Are there still Savannah Bananas tickets for Cincinnati? Tickets for the June 13-14 games at Great American Ball Park are sold out, but some are available for resale on various sites.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 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 Jul. 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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