"chargeback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chargebacks [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from charge back. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|charge back}} Deverbal from charge back Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chargeback (countable and uncountable, plural chargebacks)
  1. (banking) A reversal of an accounting entry, especially of a disputed credit card transaction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (reversal of an accounting entry): terugvordering [feminine] (Dutch), oikaisu (see also oikaisupyyntö) (Finnish), takaisinveloitus (Finnish), rétrofacturation [feminine] (French), estorno [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-chargeback-en-noun-k~G2RZ7G Categories (other): Banking Topics: banking, business Disambiguation of 'reversal of an accounting entry': 94 6
  2. (business) The charging of the cost of business resources to the departments, divisions, or projects that use them (that is, to specific cost centers). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chargeback-en-noun-qOpDpC49 Categories (other): Business, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 73 Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: free of charge, uncharged, payback, rollback

Inflected forms

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