English-Thai Dictionary

drawback

N ข้อเสียเปรียบ  ข้อด้อย  อุปสรรค  fault foible hindrance kor-sia-prib

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAWBACK

n. 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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRAWBACK

DRAWBACK 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. )

 

Defn: 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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drawback

draw back |ˈdrôˌbak ˈdrɔˌbæk | ▶noun 1 a feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem: the main drawback of fitting catalytic converters is the cost. 2 an amount of excise or import duty remitted on imported goods that the importer re-exports rather than sells domestically.

 

Oxford Dictionary

drawback

draw |back |ˈdrɔːbak | ▶noun 1 a feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem: the main drawback of fitting catalytic converters is the cost. 2 (also duty drawback ) an amount of excise or import duty remitted on goods exported.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

drawback

drawback noun one of the drawbacks of the bigger screen is a slight loss in resolution: disadvantage, snag, downside, stumbling block, catch, hitch, pitfall, fly in the ointment; weak spot /point, weakness, imperfection; handicap, limitation, trouble, difficulty, problem, complication; hindrance, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, inconvenience, discouragement, deterrent; informal minus, hiccup, (monkey ) wrench in the works. ANTONYMS benefit.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

drawback

drawback noun the major drawback to this method is that it can be very time-consuming: disadvantage, snag, downside, stumbling block, catch, hitch, pitfall, fly in the ointment; weak spot /point, weakness, flaw, defect, imperfection, fault; handicap, limitation, trouble, difficulty, problem, complication, liability, nuisance; hindrance, obstacle, hurdle, impediment, obstruction, inconvenience, barrier, curb, check, discouragement, deterrent, damper; informal minus, hiccup; Brit. informal spanner in the works; N. Amer. informal monkey wrench in the works. ANTONYMS benefit, advantage.

 

Duden Dictionary

Drawback

Draw back Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈdrɔːbɛk |das Drawback; Genitiv: des Drawback [s ], Plural: die Drawbacks englisch Rückvergütung von zu viel bezahltem Zoll

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

drawback

dr á w b à ck 名詞 1 C (状況 物事などの ) «…に対する /…の » 短所, 欠点 «to /of » ▸ the major drawbacks 主な欠点 2 C 障害, 故障 .3 U C 払い戻し金 .