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regift

a gift that was given to one person who then gave it to another
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re·gift

 (rē-gĭft′)
tr.v. re·gift·ed, re·gift·ing, re·gifts
To give (an unwanted item received as a gift) to another person as a gift.

re·gift′er n.
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regift

(riːˈɡɪft)
vb
to give (a gift one has received previously) to someone else
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References in periodicals archive
(Fun fact: 82 percent of millennials regift holiday presents, according to the survey from NerdWallet.)
Nearly one-quarter (24%) say they will spend less this year than last, and a majority (65%) plan to regift to help stretch holiday budgets.
According to the Forbes Index of Wealthiest Fictional Characters, old St Nick tops the list, with a net worth of infinity (far beyond actual Rich List number one Bill Gates and his roughly 90 billion -- bet he doesn't regift!).
Candle regift hastily handed over in an old plastic bag?
The key is to follow what I call the Fruitcake Principle: If you don't value it, don't regift it.
The World's Most Expensive Presents C4, 9pm As you wonder whether you can regift the Nutribullet you got last year, here are gifts that are not just eye-wateringly expensive, but pointless.
And unlike that fruitcake, these monsters won't be so easy to regift.
Perhaps you won it in a random gift swap or it was a very obvious and thoughtless "regift.'' Whatever the case, the gift was all about them, not you.
Of course, the gift must be worth giving in the first place: Just as it's inappropriate to give someone a piece of junk you bought, it's also wrong to regift something just to unload it.
Cultural capital is not something one can regift, that is, leave to heirs, should one have any.
And if they're a bit strapped for cash, Angie could just keep the dresses and either take them back to the shop, or regift them.
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