drawback

Dictionary: draw·back (drô'băk') pronunciation

A disadvantage or inconvenience. See synonyms at disadvantage.
A refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes for goods destined for reexport.

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Rebate of taxes or duties paid on imported goods that have been reexported. It is in effect a government subsidy designed to encourage domestic manufacturers to compete overseas.

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Definition: disadvantage
Antonyms: advantage, benefit, boon, extra, perfection

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IN BRIEF: A condition that makes something difficult.

One drawback to picnics at the beach is that sand gets in all the food.

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The word drawback can mean:-

In general usage, a disadvantage.
In law in commerce, paying back a duty previously paid on exporting excisable articles or on re-exporting foreign goods. The object of a drawback is to let commodities which are subject to taxation be exported and sold in a foreign country on the same terms as goods from countries where they are untaxed. It differs from a bounty in that a bounty lets commodities be sold abroad at less than their cost price; it may occur, however, under certain conditions that giving a drawback has an effect equivalent to that of a bounty, as in the case of the so-called sugar bounties in Germany (see sugar). The earlier tariffs contained elaborate tables of the drawbacks allowed on exporting or re-exporting commodities, but so far as the United Kingdom is concerned (as of 1911) the system of bonded warehouses practically abolished drawbacks, as commodities can be warehoused (placed in bond) until needed for exportation.
In music, a 1996 album by industrial band X Marks the Pedwalk, see Drawback (album). Also the name of a rock band from Buffalo (myspace page).

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Translations: Drawback

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fejl, fradrag, minus, toldgodtgørelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezwaar, aftrek, terugbetaalde accijns/ invoerrechten

Français (French)
n. - inconvénient, désavantage, drawback/remboursement d'un impôt

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachteil

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μειονέκτημα, ελάττωμα (κν. κουσούρι), ανασταλτικός παράγοντας

Italiano (Italian)
inconveniente, svantaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desvantagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
недостаток, возврат пошлины

Español (Spanish)
n. - desventaja, inconveniente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nackdel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不利点, 退税

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不利點, 退稅

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 약점, 고장, 환불금, 공제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 欠点, 障害, 控除

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خسارة أو مشكله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חיסרון, הפחתה, הישבון, החזרת דמי-מכס, קושי‬

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