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drawback Definition

draw·back (drôbak′)

noun

  1. ☆ money paid back from a charge previously made; refund, esp. of import duties when the taxed commodities are later exported
  2. anything that prevents or lessens full satisfaction; shortcoming

drawback Synonyms

drawback

n.

drawback Finance Definition

A rebate given by a government on duties or taxes that were paid on imported goods that were used to create other goods, or repackaged and exported again.

drawback Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • element: Ideally one needs to find a combination of techniques which avoids some of the drawbacks of the above elements.
  • approach: This seeks to remedy the drawbacks of the conventional approach.
  • method: The drawback of these methods is the slow rates at which they heat up the boards.
  • kind: The one major drawback of this kind of leather is that is easily damaged by water.
  • technology: Article continues What are the benefits and drawbacks of the various technologies?
  • scheme: The main drawback of a final salary scheme, as far as employers are concerned, is that it is an unknown cost.

Converse of object

  • outweigh: It does, however, have significant advantages over the pointer method which far outweigh the minor drawback of adding extra code.
  • overcome: It overcame these drawbacks by providing the building blocks for implementing robust, modular data connections for a wide variety of hardware configurations.
  • associate: However, there are drawbacks associated with Bt crops.
  • have: They do, however, have drawbacks which water jet tools could overcome.
  • suffer: All of the proposed venues suffer one major drawback - they are not in central Sidmouth.
  • mention: As a native speaker, I highly recommend this book although I should mention some drawback for non-native speakers.

Adjective modifier

  • slight: A slight drawback is the use of 8.3 filenames.
  • serious: The lack of such a symbol is one of the serious drawbacks in the Roman numeral system.
  • major: The major drawback will be the financial aspects involve.
  • obvious: The up shift Critics of the study point to a number of obvious drawbacks.
  • inherent: However the inherent drawback with single candles is that pause between each shot.
  • main: The main drawback for the client may be higher cost.

Preposition: with

approach: The main drawback with this approach is the large number of " realistic " test cases required.

Noun used with modifier

duty: To encourage export of package tea duty drawback at that rates on FOB value will be provided on import of packing materials.

Browse dictionary entries near drawback

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  3. draw out
  4. draw on or upon
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  6. draw away
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  8. Dravidian
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  10. Drava
  1. drawbar
  2. drawbore
  3. drawbridge
  4. drawdown
  5. drawee
  6. drawer
  7. drawers
  8. drawing
  9. drawing account
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