ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Chargeback

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Chargeback is a noun meaning (banking) A reversal of an accounting entry, especially of a disputed credit card transaction.

Meaning

(banking) A reversal of an accounting entry, especially of a disputed credit card transaction.

More Meanings

  1. (business) The charging of the cost of business resources to the departments that use them.

Example Sentences

An effective way to build accountability is to charge back workers' compensation costs to each department. Usually the costs are sufficiently high to provide incentive and the chargeback places these costs into the regular system of accountability.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include levy, charge, surcharge, fee, transfer, cashback.

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