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Disadvantage of ward, literally
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drawback
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Word definitions for drawback in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"hindrance, disadvantage,"1720, from draw (v.) + back (adv.). The notion is of something that "holds back" success or activity.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A disadvantage; something that detracts or take away. 2 A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Drawback , 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 Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drawback \Draw"back`\, n. 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. (Com.) ...
Usage examples of drawback.
And using the capital would have too many political drawbacks for General Aur and the rest of the new government.
I started seeing Mel because he was single and not bad-looking and the weekday assistant cook at the coffeehouse, with that interesting bad-boy aura from driving a motorcycle and having a few too many tattoos, and no known serious drawbacks.
But he had only begun to enjoy the refreshing breaths of cool air, and had remarked to A Hoa that days reminded him of Canadian summers, when the weather gave him to understand that every Formosan season has its drawbacks.
Congress impose duties on importations, give drawbacks, pass embargo and nonintercourse laws, and make all other regulations necessary to navigation, to the safety of passengers, and the protection of property.
There is a major drawback, of course, occasioned by the Parnassian Block, about which I have written you many times before.
The drawback to using such Xrays is great, of course, since they are so dangerous not only to the patient but to the operator as well.
The longed-for crisis had arrived, revealing drawbacks in the Cummins method.
Still, taking these drawbacks into consideration, the chance was far too good to miss.
Apart from debts and duns and all such drawbacks, I am not fit even for this employment.
Still, there are circumstances which I submit may be taken into account as a set off against any little drawbacks of mine, and so a fair and equitable balance arrived at.
From these little details it may, perhaps, be understood how a town like Chicago goes on and prospers in spite of all the drawbacks which are incident to newness.
Karsus himself demonstrates all castings, noting drawbacks, details, and effective strategies.
If it had not been for this drawback I should probably have cultivated his society.
The obvious drawbacks to this approach are that it is costly, often produces inferior simulations for the new additions, and quickly results in extremely large codes with commensurate large code management problems.
Compared with cereals and legumes, they had the drawback of not starting to yield food until at least three years after planting, and not reaching full production until after as much as a decade.