DRAWBACK

drawback

(noun) the quality of being a hindrance; “he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

drawback (plural drawbacks)

A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.

A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.

The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Draw"back`, n.

1. A lose of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature. The avaridrawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. Hallam.

2. (Com.)

Definition: 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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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