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Webster 1913 Edition
Drawback
Draw′backˊ
,Noun.
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[GREEK]Culloch.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drawback
DRAWBACK
,Noun.
1.
Money or an amount paid back. Usually, a certain amount of duties or customs, paid or bonded by an importer, paid back or remitted to him on the exportation of the goods; or a certain amount of excise paid back or allowed on the exportation of home manufacturers.2.
In popular sense, any loss of advantage, or deduction from profit.