drawback Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the quality of being a hindrance
- he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan
WordNet
Draw"back` noun
Definitions
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A lose of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature. The avarie of Henry VII . . . . must be deemed a drawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. Hallam.
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(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. MCulloch.
