nontransferable

adjective non·trans·fer·able \ ˌnän-tran(t)s-ˈfər-ə-bəl \

variants: or less commonly nontransferrable

|Updated on: 28 Jun 2018

Definition of nontransferable

: not capable of being transferred : not transferable

a nontransferable license

The tickets are nontransferable.

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nontransferability

play \ˌnän-(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌfər-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

- … the nontransferability of such rights from one owner to another.
- —Paul Bartels

Recent Examples of nontransferable from the Web

Passes are limited, nontransferable and ONLY available to active San Francisco Chronicle members.

— San Francisco Chronicle, "‘Uncle Drew’," 13 June 2018
The report lists some possible remedies: making tickets nontransferable, to essentially kill the secondary market; capping prices on resales; and improving the disclosure of fees.

— david dayen, The New Republic, "The Ticket Monopoly Is Worse Than Ever (Thanks, Obama)," 15 May 2018
Passes are limited, nontransferable and ONLY available to active San Francisco Chronicle members.

— San Francisco Chronicle, "Tour of the San Francisco Chronicle Printing Presses," 23 May 2018
But these can be difficult to enforce, and in the case of nontransferable tickets, incredibly inconvenient.

— david dayen, The New Republic, "The Ticket Monopoly Is Worse Than Ever (Thanks, Obama)," 15 May 2018
Tickets are limited, nontransferable and ONLY available to active San Francisco Chronicle members.

— San Francisco Chronicle, "MTT Conducts Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov: A Semi-Staged Event," 11 May 2018
Note: Spaces are limited, nontransferable, and ONLY available to active San Francisco Chronicle members.

— San Francisco Chronicle, "San Francisco Chronicle newsroom tour," 25 Apr. 2018
Once issued, tickets are nontransferable and may not be reissued once travel has commenced.

— denisa protani, baltimoresun.com, "Enter for a chance to win a trip for 4 to Universal Orlando Resort," 10 Apr. 2018
Once issued, tickets are nontransferable and may not be reissued once travel has commenced.

— denisa protani, baltimoresun.com, "Enter for a chance to win a trip for 4 to Universal Orlando Resort," 10 Apr. 2018

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