takeback
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takeback (countable and uncountable, plural takebacks)
- The act of taking back or reclaiming anything.
- Hyponym: clawback
- the takeback of products that have reached the end of their useful life
- (chess) The withdrawal of the previous move, as in practice games.
- (conservation) The reduction in energy savings from new technologies due to increased levels of demand.
- Synonym: rebound effect
- 2010, November 17-19, A.R.Pollard and N.R. Buckett, Clawback of energy efficiency upgrades in New Zealand households (Paper presented at the 5th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference)
- It would be convenient to consider takeback as a step process; after an intervention the occupants immediately establish a new level of demand for that household energy service. Occupant behaviour however is more complicated than this and takes some time to adjust.