Resale
noun
The action of selling something that you bought.
He bought the paintings with the hope of making a profit on resale.

Often appears as...
- resale value
- resale price
noun
The action of selling something that you bought.
He bought the paintings with the hope of making a profit on resale.

Often appears as...
- resale value
- resale price
Definition 1 of 1

Economic Term
Used in business and commerce to describe the business of buying and selling goods.

Companies that deal in the resale of electronics have to compete with original manufacturers.
Market Value
Resale usually implies selling used items. They might be sold at a value different from the original price.

The resale of my old camera couldn't cover the cost of a new one.
Profit Intent
Sometimes involves buying items with the intention of selling them later for profit.

His collection of vintage wine increased in value, leading to substantial earnings upon resale.
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Video examples
NFTs, the Metaverse and...
To protect this file and capture the value of your labor in perpetuity, you go to a digital goods marketplace and "mint" it, meaning you register your work as a token, for a fee, on the blockchain. It will contain a signature, time stamp, and any rules around its resale.
Video examples
Undercover Agent PIPE...
a pallet full of high-end electronics gear with top resale value and head for the register to make a profit the gang
Video examples
NFTs, the Metaverse and...
To protect this file and capture the value of your labor in perpetuity, you go to a digital goods marketplace and "mint" it, meaning you register your work as a token, for a fee, on the blockchain. It will contain a signature, time stamp, and any rules around its resale.
Video examples
Undercover Agent PIPE...
a pallet full of high-end electronics gear with top resale value and head for the register to make a profit the gang
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Eliot Spitzer
American Lawyer
Let's create a regime that makes sale of bullets to anybody not licensed to carry a gun illegal, makes resale illegal, micro-stamps bullets so they can be traced. No Second Amendment issues here. This would have a remarkable impact on both violence and the capacity to solve shooting crimes.

Quote examples
Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime.

Quote examples
Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
A factory-installed security measure - one that phone owners would have to opt out of, rather than opting in - could automatically render purloined devices inoperable on any network, anywhere in the world. No resale value, no thefts.

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Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
Thieves sell to unscrupulous merchants who pay hundreds of dollars for phones - no questions asked - and then 'jailbreak' them. They unlock the units, erase their data, reprogram them, and put them up for resale.

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Martin Klebba
American Actor
My fiancee's average size, and my son's average size, so I don't want to alter my whole house, because the resale won't be very good unless we sell it to another little person.

Quote examples
Eliot Spitzer
American Lawyer
Let's create a regime that makes sale of bullets to anybody not licensed to carry a gun illegal, makes resale illegal, micro-stamps bullets so they can be traced. No Second Amendment issues here. This would have a remarkable impact on both violence and the capacity to solve shooting crimes.

Quote examples
Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime.

Quote examples
Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
A factory-installed security measure - one that phone owners would have to opt out of, rather than opting in - could automatically render purloined devices inoperable on any network, anywhere in the world. No resale value, no thefts.

Quote examples
Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
Thieves sell to unscrupulous merchants who pay hundreds of dollars for phones - no questions asked - and then 'jailbreak' them. They unlock the units, erase their data, reprogram them, and put them up for resale.

Quote examples
Martin Klebba
American Actor
My fiancee's average size, and my son's average size, so I don't want to alter my whole house, because the resale won't be very good unless we sell it to another little person.

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