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resell

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹiːˈsɛl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛl
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 S EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To sell again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

sell (something) again after having bought it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sell

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sell English resell From re- + sell.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վերավաճառել (veravačaṙel) — To sell again
  • Bulgarian: препродавам (preprodavam) — To sell again
  • Dutch: doorverkopen — To sell again
  • French: revendre — To sell again
  • German: wiederverkaufen — To sell again
  • German: weiterverkaufen — To sell again
  • Greek: μεταπουλώ (metapouló) — To sell again
  • Italian: rivendere — To sell again
  • Japanese: 転売する (tembai-suru) — To sell again
  • Manx: aachreck — To sell again
  • Norman: r'vendre — To sell again
  • Polish: odsprzedać — To sell again
  • Polish: odsprzedawać — To sell again
  • Portuguese: revender — To sell again
  • Russian: перепродать (pereprodatʹ) — To sell again
  • Russian: перепродавать (pereprodavatʹ) — To sell again
  • Spanish: revender — To sell again