Who first used the term "Reseller" (where did it come from), and where
did it first appear in print? It's been a very interesting topic to research!
I have found the following, but need to find it as "Reseller" and not
"Re-Seller":
Oxford English Dictionary
OED Online
Oxford University Press
Reseller: To sell again.
1574 Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 424 Fleash..to
be sold and bought at the first hand only without to shell or reshyll
it again. 1755 N. MAGENS Insurances I. 401 [They] cannot know what
Profit or Loss they are to have on what they have so bought untill
they resell. 1771 BURROW Rep. III. 1921 The Defendant..had bought
Goods at an Auction, which were..put up again and resold. 1816 SCOTT
Antiq. iii, Osborne resold this..windfall to Dr. Askew for sixty
guineas. 1863 FAWCETT Pol. Econ. I. iii. 16 The company has commenced
reselling the land to its original proprietors.
Hence reseller.
1896 Daily News 28 Jan. 8/7 For American mixed [maize] re-sellers are
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Request for Question Clarification by
xemion-ga
on
18 Sep 2002 12:20 PDT
If you want some serious research on this matter, I suggest you raise
your question price. Thanks.
xemion-ga
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Clarification of Question by
denon-ga
on
18 Sep 2002 12:22 PDT
I have raised the question price to $15. I do 'require', though, that
the answer be verifiable.
Thank you.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
18 Sep 2002 12:40 PDT
Regarding the "origin" of the word, since the OED gives the history of
the word in its hyphenated form, are you needing just a citation of
the earliest known use of this word without the hyphen?
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Clarification of Question by
denon-ga
on
18 Sep 2002 13:11 PDT
We are looking to find both the person who first used it (or where it
came from) and where it first appeared in print, both without the
hyphen.
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Clarification of Question by
denon-ga
on
18 Sep 2002 20:22 PDT
We have also found references in newspapers. These may offer some
assistance to those researching - obviously we're looking for
something pre-1895, though.
Paper: Manitoba Morning Free Press (Winnipeg, MB)
Date: Thursday, February 07, 1895
Paper: Manitoba Free Press
Date: Saturday, February 06, 1915
Paper: Manitoba Free Press
Date: Wednesday, April 05, 1916
Paper: Manitoba Free Press
Date: Wednesday, August 23, 1916
Paper: Manitoba Free Press
Date: Wednesday, October 04, 1916
Paper: RENO EVENING GAZETTE
Date: Saturday, December 23, 1916
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