Added 10 October 2026 chargeback noun Categories: Obscure Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about chargeback at Wordnik → Where our words come from → A reversal of an accounting entry, especially of a disputed credit card transaction. The charging of the cost of business resources to the departments, divisions, or projects that use them (that is, to specific cost centers). Origin Deverbal from charge back. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: levychargesurchargefeetransfercashbackcash-backreexchangedrawback Back to today's word