second-hand

/ˌsekəndˈhænd/ adjective (also pre-owned) COMMERCE

Definition

› previously owned by someone else: second-hand cars/goods/market

second-hand adverb › We bought it second-hand from a Mercedes dealer.

(Definition of second-hand adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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