non-refundable
No money back
Non-refundable describes payments, deposits, or purchases that cannot be returned to the buyer once the transaction is complete.
The term appears most often in contexts involving tickets, reservations, and fees where the seller wants to make clear that the money will not be given back under any circumstances.
The airline's cheapest fares are non-refundable.
Non-refundable items typically cost less than their refundable counterparts, the trade-off being that buyers assume all the risk if plans change.
Place for safekeeping
- advanceMove or progress forward
- prepaymentPayment made beforehand
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
- retainerUpfront professional fee
booking · reservation · downpayment · fee · charge · payment · obligation · guarantee
Permitted passage or approval
- as-isIn present state
- closeoutSale to eliminate inventory
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- all sales finalPurchase cannot be reversed
markdown · discounted · outlet · overstock · bargain · no returns · last chance · sold
Cannot be undone
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- bindingLegally or morally required
- permanentFixed without end
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
unchangeable · fixed · settled · definitive · absolute · conclusive · unalterable · irretrievable
deposit
Place for safekeeping
- advanceMove or progress forward
- prepaymentPayment made beforehand
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
retainer · booking · reservation · downpayment · fee · charge · payment · obligation · guarantee · forfeit
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
- as-isIn present state
- closeoutSale to eliminate inventory
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
all sales final · markdown · discounted · outlet · overstock · bargain · no returns · last chance · sold · nonreturnable
irrevocable
Cannot be undone
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- bindingLegally or morally required
- permanentFixed without end
unrecoverable · unchangeable · fixed · settled · definitive · absolute · conclusive · unalterable · irretrievable · locked in
- buyer disclaimerscaveat emptor, as is, final sale, no warranty, all sales final
- store policiesreturn policy, money back, satisfaction guarantee, exchange policy, no returns
- hidden chargeshidden fees, fine print, late fees, service fees, overdraft fees
- pricing modelssubscription, volume discounts, bulk pricing, freemium, pay per use
- price wordscheap, expensive, costly, affordable, pricey
- marketing scamsfalse ads, fake reviews, fake testimonials, fake endorsements, false promises
non-refundablerefundable
Able to be repaid
returnable · reimbursable · free cancellation · cancel anytime · satisfaction guaranteed
non-refundablereversible
Able to be undone
flexible · changeable · cancellable · transferable · exchangeable
non-refundablereversible
Able to be undone
recoverable · cancelable · revocable · undoable · retractable
refundable, refund, fund, funds, funded, funding, funder, funders, refunds