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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI