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    re·turn
    [rəˈtərn]
    verb
    return (verb) · returns (third person present) · returned (past tense) · returned (past participle) · returning (present participle)
    1. come or go back to a place or person:
      "he returned to Canada in the fall"
      • (return to)
        go back to (a particular state or activity):
        "Ollie had returned to full health"
      • (return to)
        turn one's attention back to (something):
        "he returned to his newspaper"
      • (especially of a feeling) come back or recur after a period of absence:
        "her appetite had returned"
    2. give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person:
      "complete the application form and return it to this address"
      • feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response:
        "she returned his kiss"
      • (in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent:
        "the aim is to make the other side unable to return the ball"
      • american football
        run upfield with the ball after fielding (a kick), intercepting (a pass), or recovering (a fumble):
        "they had six passes intercepted—five were returned for touchdowns"
      • (of a judge or jury) state or present (a verdict) in response to a formal request:
        "the jury returned the unanimous guilty verdict"
      • bridge
        lead (a card of a suit led earlier by one's partner):
        "he returned a Diamond won by his partner who now played the 10 of Spades"
    3. yield or make (a profit):
      "the company returned a profit of 4.3 million dollars"
    4. (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office:
      "the Democrat was returned in the third district"
    5. architecture
      continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles.
    noun
    return (noun) · returns (plural noun) · return ticket (noun) · return tickets (plural noun) · return match (noun) · return matches (plural noun) · return game (noun) · return games (plural noun) · carriage return (noun) · carriage returns (plural noun) · return key (noun) · return keys (plural noun)
    1. an act of coming or going back to a place or activity:
      "he celebrated his safe return from the war" · "a return flight"
      • an act of going back to an earlier state or condition:
        "the designer advocated a return to elegance"
      • the action of giving, sending, or putting something back:
        "we demand the return of our books and papers"
      • american football
        a play in which the ball is caught after a kick or pass interception and is advanced by running; an advance of this kind.
      • (in tennis and other sports) a stroke played in response to a serve or other stroke by one's opponent.
      • a thing that has been given or sent back, especially an unwanted ticket for a sports event or play:
        "it might be worth checking with the box office for returns"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a ticket that allows someone to travel to a place and back again; a round trip ticket:
        "a return ticket to the airport"
      • an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source.
      • a second contest between the same opponents.
    2. (returns)
      a profit from an investment:
      "product areas are being developed to produce maximum returns"
      • a good rate of return.
    3. an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:
      "census returns"
      • an official report of the results of an election:
        "election returns showed his candidate had lost by 304 votes"
      • law
        an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ.
    4. election to office:
      "we campaigned for the return of Young and Elkins"
    5. a key pressed to move the carriage of an electric typewriter back to a fixed position.
      • a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return in a word-processing program, or to indicate the end of a command or data string.
    6. architecture
      a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening.
    Origin
    Middle English: the verb from Old French returner, from Latin re- ‘back’ + tornare ‘to turn’; the noun via Anglo-Norman French.
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    verb
    1. come or go back to a place or person:
      go back
      come back
      come home
      come again
      get back
      arrive back
      arrive home
      Opposite:
      depart
      set out
    2. give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person:
      give back
      take back
      pay back
      repay
      remit
      restore
      put back
      replace
      reinstate
      reinstall
      send back
      hand back
      carry back
      Opposite:
      keep
      throw away
    3. yield or make (a profit):
      yield
      bring in
      earn
      make
      realize
      secure
      net
      gross
      clear
      pay out
      fetch
      pocket
    4. (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office:
      elect
      choose
      select
      pick
      adopt
      vote in
      put in power
      opt for
    noun
    1. an act of coming or going back to a place or activity:
      homecoming
      travel back
      Opposite:
      departure
    2. a profit from an investment:
      yield
      profit
      returns
      gain
      income
      revenue
      interest
      dividend
      percentage
      • an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:
        statement
        report
        submission
        account
        paper
        record
        file
        dossier
        write-up
        data
        information
        log
        journal
        diary
        register
        summary
        document
        form
         
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        What does it mean if you return something?
        Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before. Kenny explained the reason for his sudden return to Dallas. If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back. I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it. If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was.

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        What is return noun?
        Definition of return noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [singular] the action of arriving in or coming back to a place that you were in before return of somebody to… A week had passed since their return to Geneva. return of somebody from… I was a bit bored after my return from holiday. return of somebody to…from…

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        What is a return adverb?
        [VERB adverb] Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before. Ryle explained the reason for his sudden return to London. If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back. I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it. [VERB noun]

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        What is the meaning of return in economics?
        To return is defined as to go back to someone or something, or to put something back. An example of to return is life going back to normal after a chaotic event. An example of to return is someone bringing a borrowed item back to the owner. To produce or yield (profit or interest) as a payment for labor, investment, or expenditure.

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        What is a synonym for return?
        Some common synonyms of return are reciprocate, requite, and retaliate. While all these words mean "to give back usually in kind or in quantity," return implies a paying or giving back. In what contexts can reciprocate take the place of return?

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        What is a return in finance?
        A return, also known as a financial return, in its simplest terms, is the money made or lost on an investment over some period of time. A return can be expressed nominally as the change in dollar value of an investment over time. A return can also be expressed as a percentage derived from the ratio of profit to investment.

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