secondhand

UK /ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/ US /ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/
adj 4adv 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Not new; previously owned and used by another.

2

Dealing in such merchandise.

3

Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.

In the light of recent history it is somewhat curious that this decisive power of the professional secondhand dealers in ideas should not yet be more generally recognized.

What's love got to do, got to do with it? / What's love but a secondhand emotion?

4

Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.

exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues

noun

1

Secondhand goods (especially clothes) collectively.

Childrenswear is now the fastest growing sector of secondhand. […] The huge increase in the market for childrenswear shows another way in which older generations are getting into secondhand.

adv

1

In a used or previously-owned condition.

It was almost an article of faith with McEwen never to buy new if he could buy secondhand.

He glanced back at the Jeep, which he'd bought secondhand a dozen years ago and now, fifteen years old, was gaining on "classic" status.

2

Indirectly.

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