nontransferable.

Not open to being passed to another holder or used in another setting under the relevant conditions.

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Words that belong together

• nontransferable license
• nontransferable entitlement

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The nontransferable license remained with the named recipient.

The entitlement was nontransferable under the applicable conditions, even though its benefit had financial value.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable for a specified formal status; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns a gradable capacity or characteristic. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: status distinction, institutional analysis, scope qualification, rights analysis. Disciplines: formal writing, institutional procedures, legal-administrative language. Commonness: moderately common.