What does relist mean?
To relist something is to place it on a list again. The word is especially common in discussions of property and financial markets: a seller can relist a house after a failed sale, while a company can relist shares that have previously been suspended from trading. The term can also describe returning an unsold product or discontinued item to an online marketplace. Relist implies both renewed availability and renewed visibility, since the item is being presented to potential buyers or investors once more. It is more specific than simply “list,” because it normally presupposes that the item has already appeared on a list or been taken off one. Although the word is not restricted to commerce, that is its dominant modern use.
verbTo place an item, property, or security on a list again, especially to make it available for sale or trading again.
- To place something on a list again, especially to offer a property or security for sale or trading again.
"The seller may relist the property if the original buyer fails to complete the purchase."
"The seller may relist the property if the original buyer fails to complete the purchase."
"The company will relist the shares after the suspension is lifted."
To relist is to give something another turn on the market: what left the list can return.
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.
Where does relist come from?
Relist is formed by combining the prefix re-, meaning “again,” with the older English word list. The prefix gives the verb its sense of renewed listing or renewed availability. The compound became especially associated with property and securities, in which a previously listed item is returned to the market.
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How relist is actually used
Relist is relatively uncommon and is most often used in real estate, finance, and online marketplaces. It may be transitive, as in “relist a property,” or used intransitively when the subject is understood.