'Drawback' definitions:
Definition of 'drawback'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
Definition of 'Drawback'
From: GCIDE
- Drawback \Draw"back`\, n.
- 1. A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature. [1913 Webster]
- The avarice of Henry VII . . . . must be deemed a drawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 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?Culloch. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drawback'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- agio,
- allowance,
- bank discount,
- blemish,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottleneck,
- breakage,
- bug,
- cash discount,
- catch,
- chain discount,
- charge-off,
- concession,
- cordon,
- crack,
- curtain,
- cut,
- damage,
- deduction,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- depreciation,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- detriment,
- difficulty,
- disability,
- disadvantage,
- discount,
- evil,
- failing,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- flaw,
- foible,
- frailty,
- handicap,
- hang-up,
- harm,
- hazard,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hole,
- hurdle,
- hurt,
- ill,
- impairment,
- impediment,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- inconvenience,
- infirmity,
- injury,
- joker,
- kickback,
- kink,
- liability,
- little problem,
- loss,
- loss of ground,
- mischief,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- prejudice,
- premium,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- problem,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- reduction,
- refund,
- rift,
- rollback,
- rub,
- salvage,
- setoff,
- shortcoming,
- snag,
- something missing,
- step backward,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- taint,
- tare,
- time discount,
- trade discount,
- tret,
- trouble,
- underselling,
- vulnerable place,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- write-off