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Relist

to list the same item for sale again after a previous listing for it is no longer active

In plain English

This means putting an item back up for sale after its earlier sale listing has ended. It is about the same item being offered again, not a different item or one whose listing is still active.

In context

Here, Relist offers the action of making a new sale listing for that same item because the earlier listing is no longer active.

Situation
Using marketplace listings, seller messages, ratings, reviews, and buyer protection
What it communicates
offers the action to create a new listing from a previous one

Meaning limits

By itself, relist does not say why the earlier listing ended or whether any details of the new listing stay the same.

Examples

“When the first listing expired without a buyer, she relisted the same lamp the next day.”

Core meaning

“Unsold books are often relisted after the original sale post closes.”

In context

  • list Broader Term

    Relisting is a kind of listing for sale, with the added idea that the item was listed before and that earlier listing is no longer active.