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eligible for return

If a purchased item is eligible for return, it meets the conditions for the buyer to send it back to the seller.

In plain English

Here, eligible means qualifying under the seller's return conditions. The item fits the requirements for being sent back by the buyer.

In context

Here, it communicates that this order item meets the seller's conditions for being sent back.

Situation
Requesting returns, exchanges, refunds, replacements, and store credit
What it communicates
Labels an order item as qualifying for the retailer's return process.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say what result follows from sending the item back.

Examples

“The unopened lamp is eligible for return, but the custom-made shade is not.”

Core meaning

“Of the three items in the order, only the spare charger is still eligible for return.”

In context

  • returnable Near Synonym

    Both indicate that the item may be sent back under the seller's return conditions.

  • non-returnable Opposite

    This indicates that the item cannot be sent back under the seller's return conditions.