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onsell

onsell verb: to sell (a purchased item) to a second buyer.

Verb

onsell (third-person singular simple present onsells, present participle onselling, simple past and past participle onsold)

  1. (UK, transitive) To sell (a purchased item) to a second buyer.
    • "That property is then taken in by a receiver who then onsells it, we'll be alleging to markets or other retail stores."2009 January 30, “Shoplifting haul worth 'several millions'”, in Herald Sun

Forms of onsell

third-person singular presentonsells
present participleonselling
past participleonsold
pastonsold

Origin of onsell

From on + sell.

Questions about onsell

What does onsell mean?
Onsell means to sell (a purchased item) to a second buyer.
What part of speech is onsell?
Onsell is a verb.
What is the past tense of onsell?
The past tense of onsell is onsold.

Words near onsell in the dictionary

  1. Onsagerism
  2. Onsagerist
  3. Onsagerists
  4. ONSC
  5. onscreen
  6. onsell
  7. onselling
  8. onsells
  9. onsen
  10. onsen tamago
  11. onsend

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