nonrefundable

adjective

non·​re·​fund·​able ˌnän-ri-ˈfən-də-bəl How to pronounce nonrefundable (audio)
: not subject to refunding or being refunded
a nonrefundable bond
a nonrefundable fee

Examples of nonrefundable in a Sentence

The tickets are nonrefundable unless the show is canceled.
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He was granted a $250,000 bond with strict conditions, including giving up his state license to practice medicine, paying a $37,500 nonrefundable deposit, confinement to his Brickell Avenue high-rise condo, GPS electronic monitoring and turning over his U.S. and Argentine passports. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025 Equally offensive are the Global Anti-Base Erosion rules, which treat our nonrefundable business credits unfavorably. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 Dispensaries alone, with a $5,000 nonrefundable application fee, have generated nearly $8 million in revenue ahead of final numbers from the office. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2024 Cloud computing typically gives firms more freedom to configure and adapt their technology, and experiment with more computational power without significant capital investment in nonrefundable hardware. Andrew Beatty, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonrefundable

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonrefundable was in 1963

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“Nonrefundable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonrefundable. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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