Definition of "nonreturnable" [nonreturnable]

• That cannot be returned: Merchandise on sale is generally nonreturnable. (adjective)
• Not exchangeable for a deposit: nonreturnable bottles. (adjective)

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.

• "Comic shops are risk averse; they buy on a nonreturnable basis."
• "Photos, which are nonreturnable, may be color or black-and-white, and in print form."
• "From today's Wall Street Journal: Borders Group Inc. has agreed to accept books from HarperStudio on a nonreturnable basis, departing from a decades-old publishing tradition."