NFT

abbreviation or noun

ˌen-(ˌ)ef-ˈtē 

plural NFTs

: non-fungible token:

a

: a unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify authenticity and ownership (as of a specific digital asset and specific rights relating to it)

What Mr. Estavi bought wasn't the tweet itself, but a non-fungible token, or NFT, giving him a certificate of authenticity, license to display the tweet, and whatever bragging rights come along with it.

—Jaren Kerr

NFTs are certificates of ownership of a unique digital item such as a video, recording, or cyber artwork. These digital receipts reside on the blockchain …

—Stephen Humphries

b

: the asset that is represented by an NFT

Christie's sold the artwork as a "non-fungible token" (NFT), a craze for which has gripped Silicon Valley's elite.

—The Economist

… an event ticket sold as an NFT could be embedded with a predetermined time for a personal meet-and-greet with the founder of a company or a brand's celebrity spokesperson.

—Andrew Faridani

Did you know?

The NFT of NFT

The NFT of the definition of NFT is owned by AOI.

Examples of NFT in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That determination found its fullest expression in 1970, when King founded the New Federal Theatre (NFT) on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. —Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 5 Feb. 2026

Starting in 1965, King served as the cultural director of Mobilization for Youth for five years, before founding NFT in 1970 to give a voice primarily to Black playwrights, actors, directors, designers and others in American theaters. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2026

Or at the very least, a NFT on wax. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026

Best known for its prominence during the NFT boom of 2021 and 2022, Polygon has made significant investments in payments over the past year, even poaching Stripe’s head of crypto, John Egan. —Ben Weiss, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2017, in the meaning defined above