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drawback

[ draw-bak ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
Commerce. an amount paid back from a charge made.
Government. a refund of tariff or other tax, as when imported goods are reexported.

drawback

/ ˈdrɔːˌbæk /

a disadvantage or hindrance
a refund of customs or excise duty paid on goods that are being exported or used in the production of manufactured exports

First recorded in 1610–20; noun use of verb phrase draw back

The drawback was that the terrain in front of Bradley made success very costly.

There could be business drawback on investment in the country.

Larry King, for one, said his successor also suffered from a completely different drawback.

However, there is a major drawback: You have to remember it.

Another drawback: These plants are huge, which can cause all sorts of problems.

The chief drawback is the want of knowledge and appliances for the proper curing of the leaf.

There is no wood of any size to be procured among the islands, which is a great drawback upon its utility as a port.

The two financial privileges enjoyed by the Press were the 'drawback' of 1d a lb.

The only drawback was the Toby dog's developing a tendency to howl in the wrong place.

The only drawback was that eating them produced great thirst, which is much more difficult to bear than hunger.

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