(n.) A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The drawbacks of the study, such as lack of controls, are discussed.
(2) The use of different theoretical models is discussed, taking into consideration their specific scope and drawbacks.
(3) In order to minimize the drawbacks, some measures have to be taken, f.i.
(4) In order to avoid the drawbacks of the cutting end of the bare optic fibers, it may be covered with sapphire optics which conducts well laser energy.
(5) Although this method has some important drawbacks and is suboptimal as far as foetal signal-to-noise ratio is concerned, it is still very useful when only a foetal trigger is required, as the signal obtained is not a complete FECG.
(6) The immunoreactivity of thymoma epithelial cells with L26, an antibody widely used in the characterization of B-cell lymphomas, can represent a drawback of practical relevance in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal tumors.
(7) This drawback of the unifactorial methods has been overcome by the use of adjusted survival curves which take possible distortions in the data set into account.
(8) The advantages and drawbacks of the different techniques of the prostate needle biopsy are commented.
(9) Overcoming these drawbacks will be useful in improving patients-doctors relations and increasing in quality of medical assistance.
(10) Nowadays, electro-oculography remains the only clinical method for ocular movement recording which is largely used in daily practise, but it has many drawbacks and limits.
(11) The requirement for unfixed tissue is a major drawback in the use of immunohistochemistry for the diagnosis of inflammatory and neoplastic disease.
(12) Because natural language teaching has many strengths, few drawbacks, and produces equal generalization and retention under disadvantageous conditions, it is strongly supported as preferable for people with autism and mental retardation.
(13) Motion artifacts are the major drawback of the present laser Doppler systems.
(14) In order to overcome various drawbacks of the conventional polygraphic study of a relationship between myoclonus and EEG, the EEG preceding and following the myoclonic jerk was simultaneously averaged by the CNV program.
(15) Each treatment has advantages and drawbacks which must be taken into account for the therapeutic choice and the follow-up.
(16) One of the drawbacks to using the intraosseous route as an alternative to IV access has been the persistent need to establish IV access to obtain blood samples.
(17) Sitting in the Khartoum restaurant as the fierce late-afternoon sun intrudes through the windows, Lubna dismisses the notion that western praise might be a drawback in a country like Sudan.
(18) A major drawback of SPE is the batch-to-batch variation of the sorbents.
(19) The double-lung transplantation procedure continued to have significant drawbacks, including intraoperative and postoperative hemorrhage, and cardiac complications due to prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass, ischemic cardiac arrest, and extensive manipulation of the heart.
(20) The only drawback to surgery was an average strength loss of 50%.
Refund
Definition:
(v. t.) To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
(v. t.) To pour back.
(v. t.) To give back; to repay; to restore.
(v. t.) To supply again with funds; to reimburse.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
(2) The train operator advised passengers to use alternative routes with South West Trains and Chiltern Trains and has offered refunds to travellers who decide not to travel on Saturday.
(3) However, according to the the Professional Financial Claims Association (PFCA), only about half of the sums paid out represent refunded payments.
(4) Oliver's departure followed the exit of Kenneth Tong last Thursday, which forced Channel 4 to abandon the planned eviction vote on Friday and offer a refund to viewers who had already voted.
(5) When she appealed, East Coast apologised but incredibly refused a refund, until Money intervened.
(6) Passengers who have paid but choose not to travel due to this service disruption can receive a refund or a voucher for future travel,” the operator said.
(7) He said the fact so many people had not approached their bank showed how important it was that they should be forced to automatically refund their customers if they lost the case.
(8) "Energy suppliers benefiting from credits on customer accounts and failing to respond to requests to refund them was turning into a bone of contention.
(9) A spokesman for the SLC says: “We apologise to Miss Rodrigues for any inconvenience she encountered in arranging a refund of her overpaid balance and for any incorrect information she was given regarding interest.
(10) Some people will receive the refund in the form of a reduction in what they owe.
(11) Don't ignore the letter; your bank has written to you because it believes it may have mis-sold you PPI and this is your chance to respond and get a refund of your premiums.
(12) The full effect on sales has yet to be seen as the airline offered full refunds to passengers who had booked to fly later in the year after the shooting down of MH17.
(13) People who have already bought a case are entitled to a free cash refund.
(14) Then, earlier this month, a tentative legal settlement was reached that required Frey and his American publisher, Doubleday, to provide refunds to readers who felt they were defrauded in buying a book classified as memoir.
(15) I’m sorry to hear that happened, but that person will have a one person connection to go to to explain that’s happened to sort out.” In a later statement, a council spokesman said: “We are very sorry if this has happened and we are working to find out who has been affected so we can offer reassurance and an immediate refund.
(16) In practice most train companies will issue a refund when train services are delayed, irrespective of what caused the delay.
(17) Non-medical psychotherapists are not eligible for refunds by the health insurance system.
(18) A spokeswoman for NatWest confirmed it will not refund Wilson as she had "willingly handed over the money".
(19) However, this is BT we are dealing with, and even after we raised this with the company’s HQ, it was still rather hard work getting a proper refund.
(20) Despite the fact that the weight recorded on the seller's proof of posting showed that the parcel had been filled, and that the buyer refused to cooperate with Royal Mail's investigation, eBay found in the buyer's favour and refunded him.