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Definition of Drawbacks
1. drawback [n] - See also: drawback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawbacks
Literary usage of Drawbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"BENTON rose to make the motion for which he had given notice on Friday last, for
leave to bring in a bill to reduce the drawbacks allowed on the exportation ..."
2. The Economic Policy of Robert Walpole by Norris Arthur Brisco (1907)
"Thus, when Walpole took office, drawbacks were used either to foster trade ...
During his administration the same policy toward drawbacks was pursued with ..."
3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"It is true that in both cases certain other drawbacks, already glanced at, still
exist, and that the Poetics, if not the Rhetoric, is obviously incomplete. ..."
4. The Laws of the Customs, Compiled by Direction of the Lords Commissioners of by James Deacon Hume (1825)
"Goods having paid Duties imposed by former Acts, to be entitled to drawbacks.
Proviso as to Ashes used in Bleaching, and to Brimstone used ..."
5. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"OF drawbacks.1 MERCHANTS and manufacturers are not contented with the ... Of these
encouragements, what are called drawbacks seem to be the most reasonable. ..."
6. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by Thomas Hart Benton, United States Congress (1860)
"... they admit all his most essential statements in relation to bastard sugar«,
crushed sugars, increasing drawbacks, excess of drawbacks over duties, ..."
7. Catalogueby Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) by Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) (1884)
"Duties, drawbacks, and Bounties of Excise in the United Kingdom. I 433 P 163 .1826 К
12 Lowndes, T. Duties, drawbacks, and Bounties of Customs and Excise ..."
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