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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 draw·back /ˈdrɔˌbæk/
 不利點,退稅

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Draw·back n.
 1. 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.
 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 drawback
      n : the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the
          drawbacks to my plan"