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# resell

«resell» in Mova's school dictionary: **to sell it again after buying it, often for a higher price** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (resell, resells, resold, reselling)

### meaning for a pupil

To resell something is to sell it again after buying it, often for a higher price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths money problems, buying and reselling gives profit or loss; in everyday life people resell clothes or tickets. Phrases: resell for a profit.

### examples

- He bought the bike for £50 and resold it for £70. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/#x1)
- Some people resell concert tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/#x2)
- You can resell old toys online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/#x3)
- The shop resells second-hand books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/#x4)
- Reselling tickets for too much money is sometimes illegal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/#x5)
- She resold the dress she never wore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/#x6)

### note

Irregular past: resold (not «reselled»). In maths: profit = resale price minus buying price.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «resell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.