Meanings
nounresale (countable and uncountable, plural resales)
plural resales
- countableuncountablelawThe sale by the original seller to another purchaser of goods due to non-payment by original purchaser, often with the original purchaser liable for any shortfall between the original sale price and the price realized by the original seller.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishsale
- Englishresale
Translations
Arabic إِعَادَةُ بَيْع
- إِعَادَةُ بَيْع (ʔiʕādatu bayʕ)sale of something previously bought
Bulgarian препрода́жба
- препрода́жба (preprodážba)sale of something previously bought
Chinese Mandarin 轉賣 /转卖, 轉售 /转售
- 轉賣 /转卖 (zhuǎnmài)sale of something previously bought
- 轉售 /转售 (zhuǎnshòu)sale of something previously bought
Czech další prodej
- další prodejsale of something previously bought
Dutch doorverkoop, wederverkoop
- doorverkoopsale of something previously bought
- wederverkoopsale of something previously bought
Esperanto revendo
- revendosale of something previously bought
Estonian edasimüük
- edasimüüksale of something previously bought
Finnish jälleenmyynti
- jälleenmyyntisale of something previously bought
French revente
- reventesale of something previously bought
German Wiederverkauf, Weiterverkauf
- Wiederverkaufsale of something previously bought
- Weiterverkaufsale of something previously bought
Hungarian viszonteladás
- viszonteladássale of something previously bought
Italian rivendita
- rivenditasale of something previously bought
Japanese 転売
- 転売 (tenbai)sale of something previously bought
Korean 전매
- 전매 (jeonmae)sale of something previously bought
Latvian tālākpārdošana
- tālākpārdošanasale of something previously bought
Lithuanian perpardavimas
- perpardavimassale of something previously bought
Polish odsprzedaż
- odsprzedażsale of something previously bought
Portuguese revenda
- revendasale of something previously bought
Romanian revânzare, revindere
- revânzaresale of something previously bought
- revinderesale of something previously bought
Russian перепрода́жа, ресе́йл
- перепрода́жа (pereprodáža)sale of something previously bought
- ресе́йл (reséjl)sale of something previously bought
Scottish Gaelic ath-reic
- ath-reicsale of something previously bought
Slovak ďalší predaj
- ďalší predajsale of something previously bought
Spanish reventa
- reventasale of something previously bought
Ukrainian перепро́даж
- перепро́даж (perepródaž)sale of something previously bought
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
resale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resale
MLA
“resale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resale. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resale.
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