noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈriːseɪl/
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General-American:/ˈriˌseɪl/
CMU ARPABET:R IY1 S EY2 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Sale of something previously bought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
They bought the contents of the locker for resale.
The resale value was high as the items were quite rare.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the selling of something purchased
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: selling, merchandising, marketing
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sale English resale From re- + sale.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
إِعَادَةُ بَيْع
(ʔiʕādatu bayʕ)
— sale of something previously bought
Belarusian:
перапро́даж
(pjerapródaž)
— sale of something previously bought
Bulgarian:
препрода́жба
(preprodážba)
— sale of something previously bought
Chinese Mandarin:
轉賣 /转卖
(zhuǎnmài)
— sale of something previously bought
Chinese Mandarin:
轉售 /转售
(zhuǎnshòu)
— sale of something previously bought
Czech:
další prodej
— sale of something previously bought
Dutch:
doorverkoop
— sale of something previously bought
Dutch:
wederverkoop
— sale of something previously bought
Esperanto:
revendo
— sale of something previously bought
Estonian:
edasimüük
— sale of something previously bought
Finnish:
jälleenmyynti
— sale of something previously bought
French:
revente
— sale of something previously bought
German:
Wiederverkauf
— sale of something previously bought
German:
Weiterverkauf
— sale of something previously bought
Hungarian:
viszonteladás
— sale of something previously bought
Ilocano:
baliad
— sale of something previously bought
Italian:
rivendita
— sale of something previously bought
Japanese:
転売
(tenbai)
— sale of something previously bought
Korean:
전매
(jeonmae)
— sale of something previously bought
Latvian:
tālākpārdošana
— sale of something previously bought
Lithuanian:
perpardavimas
— sale of something previously bought
Macedonian:
препродажба
(preprodažba)
— sale of something previously bought
Manx:
aachreck
— sale of something previously bought
Polish:
odsprzedaż
— sale of something previously bought
Portuguese:
revenda
— sale of something previously bought
Romanian:
revânzare
— sale of something previously bought
Romanian:
revindere
— sale of something previously bought
Russian:
перепрода́жа
(pereprodáža)
— sale of something previously bought
Russian:
ресе́йл
(reséjl)
— sale of something previously bought
Scottish Gaelic:
ath-reic
— sale of something previously bought
Serbo-Croatian:
пре̏продаја
— sale of something previously bought
Serbo-Croatian:
prȅprodaja
— sale of something previously bought
Slovak:
ďalší predaj
— sale of something previously bought
Slovene:
preprodaja
— sale of something previously bought
Spanish:
reventa
— sale of something previously bought
Ukrainian:
перепро́даж
(perepródaž)
— sale of something previously bought
