resell

/ (riːˈsɛl) /

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verb -sells, -selling or -sold (tr)

to sell (something) one has previously bought; sell on

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Derived forms of resell

reseller, noun

Words nearby resell

reseau, resect, resection, reseda, reselect, resell, resemblance, resemblant, resemble, resend, resent

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How to use resell in a sentence

He wrote four articles a day and rewrote every one of them to resell to another newspaper for another 20 pesos.
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With a bit of lipstick, you can sell and resell the same pig over and over.
Secret Campaign for Chairman of the Federal Reserve|Stuart Stevens|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nationwide, entrepreneurs scout estate sales looking for abandoned supplies to resell online.
Web Black Market in Diabetic Supplies Costs Government $200m|Diane Dimond|March 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A&E's Storage Wars goes through foreclosed storage units to find items to resell.
The Sleaziest Reality Show Yet?|Christopher Dickey|December 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST

There are several reasons for this: You can't resell your books after you've finished reading them.
Is This the Device That Will Revolutionize Reading?|Nicholas Ciarelli|October 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
At Perm travelers from Siberia resell their vehicles, more or less damaged by the long journey across the plains.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
To defeat their schemes the Confederate agents bought back large amounts in bonds intending to resell.
The Day of the Confederacy|Nathaniel W. Stephenson
His executors, as we know, were glad to resell to St. Albans Abbey the books he had bought from the monks there.
Old English Libraries|Ernest Savage
"You will either resell me those plots at cost price, or you shall not set foot within the office again," Mr. Dowling insisted.
The Tempting of Tavernake|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Will you ask Lord W. Hay whether, if the report of his going home be true, he will resell me the mules?
Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India|W. S. R. Hodson