onsell

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verb

To sell (a purchased item) to a second buyer.

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Meanings

verbonsell (third-person singular simple present onsells, present participle onselling, simple past and past participle onsold)

present singular third person onsells · participle present onselling · participle past onsold · past onsold

  1. UKtransitivebusinessTo sell (a purchased item) to a second buyer.

    "That property is then taken in by a receiver who then onsells it, we'll be alleging to markets or other retail stores."

    2009 January 30, “Shoplifting haul worth 'several millions'”, in Herald Sun

Origin

From on + sell.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

EllsonSellon
Cite this entry
APA

onsell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsell

MLA

“onsell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsell. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onsell,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsell.

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