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drawback |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drawback \Draw"back`\, n. 1. A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature. The avarice of Henry VII . . . . must be deemed a drawback from the wisdom ascribed to him --Hallam. 2. (Com.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied. --M`Culloch. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drawback n : the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
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