resale
Americannoun
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the act of selling a second time.
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the act of selling something secondhand.
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In July, the group took control of clothing resale site Depop for $1.2 billion, seeking to capitalize on the rise of the secondhand apparel market.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
France's digital minister on Monday urged online resale platforms to remove listings for "stolen items" following Saturday's looting and summoned representatives of companies including Vinted and eBay for talks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
On the resale market, highly sought-after kits can go for more than $100.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Any tickets from today's sale that are not paid for in full by the early April 2027 deadline will be put back into an official resale pool, festival organisers said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
We found before us a small, gray man in a gray silk coat who surveyed us as we entered, clearly assessing even the academicians among us for resale.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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