Definition of "secondhand" [sec•ond•hand]

• Previously used by another; not new. (adjective)
• Dealing in previously used merchandise. (adjective)
• Obtained, derived, or borrowed from another; not original. (adjective)
• In an indirect manner; indirectly. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "From the article, “In one case in Ohio, a judge who ordered a mother not to smoke near her 8-year-old daughter cited medical journals and a Google search that lists 60,000-plus links for “secondhand smoke” and 30,000-plus links for ’secondhand smoke children.’”"
• "I got it secondhand from a neighbor and I have had to do (and have done) a lot of replacement parts."
• "The Heat Index The NBA teams that are seeing the biggest increase in secondhand-market ticket-sale prices when accounting for Miami Heat games."