reshop

reshop
 v.— «All these department stores and computer shops and other large stores that take returns don’t just throw out the returned items, they “reshop” them, which is a sellers term for returning them to the shelves.» —“Re: Restocking Fee” by Pete Borders Usenet: rec.radio.amateur.misc Apr. 5, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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