Draw'back, n.

n. 1. A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, or the like; a discouragement or hinderance. 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. McCulloch.