RESELL Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

resell

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Definition of resell

as in to merchandise

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Recent Examples of resell For the distribution activity to qualify, the customer generally needs to resell the goods or process or alter them for subsequent sale or resale. — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Despite limiting shopping to attendees who won a lottery, people who entered bought items just to resell them for higher prices a block away. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2026 The report found that 57 percent of sellers resell their apparel for income. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 Pennsylvania law generally allows people to buy and resell tickets online, including above face value, without requiring the seller to obtain a local resale license. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resell

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The Pacific Palisades store is sectioned out more into zones than the previous one; the company sat down with the buyers and visual merchandizing teams to be more strategic in allotment, whether carving out space for denim or The Row.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
The merchandising giant Fanatics launched a 21+ prediction platform last year.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of merchandise

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Otthon Centrum analyst Gábor Soóki-Tóth said Tihany is one of the most expensive places in Hungary to buy a vacation property — with prices outstripping those in the nation's capital.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Everyone is focusing more on engagement, return on investment and a forward-looking perspective, rather than simply buying something off the shelf to meet demand for the following weekend.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

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Layer a blazer over a bike short, swap sneakers for loafers, and the shift from Pilates to a corner table happens without a second thought.

— Zoë Mackay, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Since optical switches aren’t subject to the same amount of degradation as traditional mechanical switches, the representative argued, users won’t need to swap them over time.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

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Point Beach faces rising energy costs This announcement follows a recent long-term 20-year agreement in which We Energies agreed to purchase electricity from Point Beach, Wisconsin’s only active nuclear power plant, to lower customers’ fuel costs.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
The shop also needs subscriptions to software and data services to perform repairs on the car, which can be purchased for varying degrees of time, ranging from a few hours to a year.

— Robert Ferris, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of purchase

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Reactor, which emerged from stealth in May, develops software to make world models run faster and cheaper, and sells a cloud service that manages the computing capacity.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Within five seconds, there’s a bid on the table for $20 million, and the two decide to sell their knowledge to Google.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sell

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The identity of the party responsible for bring the work to auction is unknown.

— News Desk, Artforum, 23 Sep. 2026
This fall, for the very first time, the parent company of the designer—who died in 2002 at the age of 79—is throwing open the Blass archives to auction a variety of designs, sketches, and mementos.

— Laurie Brookins, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of auction

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In the second-season finale, some time after Aemond had killed Rhaenyra’s son Luke, Alicent arrives in secret to Dragonstone to barter Aegon’s life in exchange for peace, and safety in particular for her daughter (and Aegon’s wife) Helaena.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Through three tedious roll calls, Roosevelt forces bartered with delegations and finally put their man over the top on the fourth try when House Speaker John Nance Garner folded his candidacy in exchange for the vice presidential nomination.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026

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