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resell

British  
/ riːˈsɛl /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He browsed for clothes and furniture at the Goodwill, looking for items he could resell, and found nothing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The seller, it turned out, had been auctioning coins that had been cleaned or artificially altered—a serious flaw that graders flag and collectors shun, rendering the coins nearly impossible to resell at a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

“But they sent me a completely different seat in the middle of the section, and when I reached out they told me my only recourse was to resell the tickets or keep them.”

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

It’s one thing to resell an item for more than you paid for it.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

Best of all, this meant that I might be able to resell the horse at a bit of a profit after I reached Trebon.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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