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resold; sell on (If you buy something and then sell it on, you sell it to someone else soon after buying it, usually in order to make a profit. ❏ [V n P] Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on. ❏ [V n P + to] The arms had been sold to a businessman; he sold them on to paramilitary groups. CCALD. The deal marks Google's second major foray into smartphone manufacturing. In 2011 Alphabet, then named Google, bought Motorola's Mobility for $12.5bn, only to sell it on three years later. BBC Alexander Demidov); resell |
