In World of Warcraft, it means that an item is ungivable to anyone else. Quest rewards and phat l00t are nearly always bind on pickup, meaning that the only way to get rid of them is to sell them.
"WTB Thunderfury and Sulfuras, PST."

"Fucking idiot, they're soulbound."
by Hadranos September 5, 2006
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