Return

Definition: Return

Return

Noun

1. Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return".

2. A coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party".

3. The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction.

4. Getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing".

5. The act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp".

6. The income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%".

7. Happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring".

8. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher".

9. The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed.

10. : a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got".

11. : a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return".

12. : the act of running back the football after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble.

13. : the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited".

Verb

1. Come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity.

2. Give back; "render money".

3. Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules".

4. Go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his".

5. Bring back to the point of departure.

6. Return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love".

7. Make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football.

8. Answer back.

9. "Her old vigor returned".

10. : pay back; "Please refund me my money".

11. : pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment".

12. : elect again.

13. : be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead".

14. : return to a previous position; in mathematics: "The point returned to the interior of the figure".

15. : give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family".

16. : submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "return" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Business

Computing

Electrical Engineering

Finance

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Return

Answer

Verb: answer, respond, reply, rebut, retort, rejoin; give for answer, return for answer; acknowledge, echo.

Commission

Put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.

Gratitude

Verb: be grateful; Adjective: thank; give thanks, render thanks, return thanks, offer thanks, tender thanks; Noun: acknowledge, requite.

Interchange

Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner,Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate; requite.

Receipt

Noun: receipt, value received, money coming in; income, incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds; gross receipts, net profit; earnings; (gain); accepta, avails.

Record

Archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics; compte rendu; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle,annals, legend; history, biography; Congressional Records.

Regression

Verb: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish, crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.

Repetition

Rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.

Recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse; renew; (restore).

Retaliation

Verb: retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo; Noun: give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores.

Reward

Indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation; reparation, redress, satisfaction; reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop; atonement, retribution; consideration, return, quid pro quo.

Crosswords: Return

German (cr, return).

Can I just say, to return to the subject for one moment, that it might be easier to fight a war on drugs if we weren't arming drug dealers (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

For a thousand years you've waited for my return. Behold, you have failed (End of Days; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe)

All that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

And all I ask in return is the opportunity to do my work (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

You have been selected as its progenitors, like gods you offspring will return to Earth and shape it in their image (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Return to sender, address unknown (Return to Sender; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

That's the return to yourself (Return To Innocence; performing artist: Enigma)

And all I'm askin' in return, honey ("Respect"; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

Why don't you return my calls (What About Us?; performing artist: Brandy)

If you are not mine then why does your heart return my call (If You're Not The One; performing artist: DANIEL BEDINGFIELD)

Return to Never Land (2002)

I Shall Return (1973)

The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland (1973)

Return to Peyton Place (1972)

No Return No Deposit (1972)

Return Of The Mack (performing artist: Mark Morrison)

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References

• Martin Currie Capital Return Trust Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Return Assured, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Return On Investment Corp: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Murray Global Return Trust Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" (reference)

• Thomson Financial Mutual Fund Report : FMIRX: FMI AAM Palm Beach Total Return Fund [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Return of the Tribal: A Celebration of Body Adornment: Piercing, Tattooing, Scarification, Body Painting (reference)

• Return to the Island (reference)

• The Messengers: A True Story of Angelic Presence and a Return to the Age of Miracles (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Tax Return Preparers Letter (reference)

• Maff Monthly Return Of Sea Fisheries Statistics England And Wales (reference)

• Foreign Tax Return Translation Service Inc (reference)

• Return Goods Policy Manual (reference)

• Bank Income Tax Return Manual (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Anthrax: Return of the Killer A's Video Anthology (reference)

• Dragon Ball Z - The Return of Cooler (Edited Feature) (reference)

• The Return of Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four (reference)

• Return to the Philippines (reference)

• The Return of the Pink Panther (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Return to Never Land (Original Soundtrack) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Return (reference)

• Return of Doug Saldana (reference)

• Return to Eden (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• RETURN - John Lennon Collection Cotton Crib Blanket (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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LDEF Return to KSC. Credit: NASA.

STS-32 Return to KSC. Credit: NASA.

Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft. The Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft were launched on 8 and 14 June 1975, respectively,to do the unprecedented: place a lander on the surface of Venus and return images.The two spacecraft successfully landed a descent craft on 16 and 23 October 1975.These images were obtained on 22 and 25 October 1975. Venera 9 landed on a slopeinclined by about 30 degrees to the horizontal whereas Venera 10 was only inclinedabout 8 degrees. The two spacecraft were separated by about 2100 km. Most of the rocks in the images are between about 0.3 and 1 meter. Credit: NASA.

Dry-docking of float plane after return to base Cooperative use of a Navy Air Service float plane for photographic duty. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Resting from long climb to triangulation station and return to beach L to R- Mills, Noble, Paton, Lady (on back), Brown, Lockhart, and Drynan. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Memorial to those who watch and wait for loved ones to return from the sea. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"The Return of the Penquins". In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume II, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 264. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Part of the dory fishing fleet at Newport Beach. These small boats are launched through the surf and return to be trailered to storage areas. Credit: Fisheries.

Stern trawlers that usually fish off Alaska and return to Seattle for maintenance and resupply. Credit: Fisheries.

Cumulonimbus observed during return of calibration flight from Puerto Rico to Miami. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We will do towards Alexander, king of Scots, concerning the return of his sisters and his hostages, and concerning his franchises, and his right, in the same manner as we shall do towards our owher barons of England, unless it ought to be otherwise according to the charters which we hold from William his father, formerly king of Scots; and this shall be according to the judgment of his peers in our court. (reference)

On the other side, honour and support, all that which gratitude requires to return for the benefits received by and from them, is the indispensable duty of the child, and the proper privilege of the parents. (Second Treatise of Government)

If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law. (reference)

It is enough to mention the commercial crises that by their periodical return put on its trial, each time more threateningly, the existence of the entire bourgeois society. (reference)

In return, Germany must pay over to the French State a sum representing the actuarial amounts to which the said employees are entitled. (reference)

The dark ages may return, the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. (reference)

This is the faith with which I return to the South. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1944)

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Before he could return to his chair, it was taken by Mrs. Weston

The Commander gravely bowed in return.

He would probably return, by a certain hour, in the afternoon of the morrow

Writing this note in the margin of the Angles report, we will return to our four couples

God appealed to you, threatened you, entreated you to return to Him.

Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled That in submission will return to us.

I determined therefore to direct my course this way, in order to my return to Europe

But to return toward Lincoln

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Symptoms gradually begin to return. (references)

Periods are more likely to return in young women. (references)

You may be able to return home soon after the vitrectomy. (references)

Business

All citizens have the right to return. (references)

Services are two-way and one-way with phone line return. (references)

Most visitors return to the Czech Republic several times. (references)

Children

Dominican Republic

In return for their work they are given basic housing. (references)

Switzerland

After 3 months, they must return to their home country for 1 month. (references)

Nicaragua

There have been cases of adults who exchange sexual favors with street children in return for glue. (references)

Civil Liberties

Korea

Many return after securing food. (references)

Iraq

Those expelled are not permitted to return. (references)

Kuwait

Citizens are free to emigrate and to return. (references)

Economic History

Spain

Many shops have no return policies. (references)

Spain

They are required to return any unsold merchandise. (references)

Suriname

Throughout 1982, pressure grew for a return to civilian rule. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

The DRY leaders are subject to arrest if they return. (references)

Libya

Students studying abroad have been interrogated upon their return. (references)

Nigeria

Those released also were provided with travel funds to return to their homes. (references)

Indigenous People

Japan

It also canceled previous laws that discriminated against the Ainu, including the 1899 law, and required the Government of Hokkaido to return Ainu communal assets. (references)

Australia

The fund is a separate initiative from the Native Title Tribunal, that is, the fund is not for payment of compensation to indigenous people for loss of land or to titleholders for return of land to indigenous people. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

In April and May the persons who sought refuge in Danane gradually were able to return to Zouan-Hounien. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

The Committee formed mechanisms to identify and return abductees. (references)

Sudan

The ICRC did not return any SPLA POW's held by the Government during the year. (references)

CANADA

Increased government spending could result in a temporary return to public sector deficits. (references)

Political Rights

Mali

He can veto and return legislation to the National Assembly for reconsideration. (references)

Bhutan

The King may not formally veto legislation, but may return bills for further consideration. (references)

Ethiopia

Civil servants who were removed from their positions after supporting the opposition were not allowed to return to their positions by year's end. (references)

Trade

Slovak Rep

Upon return, duties are applied only to the value added abroad. (references)

Hungary

The deadline of return (if not maximized) can be extended on request. (references)

Russia

If goods are refused entry by Russian Customs, regulations call for their return to the country of origin. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

Tourists must also provide evidence of return or onward travel. (references)

New Zealand

For this program, possession of a return or onward ticket is required. (references)

Mauritius

Visas are not required for U.S. citizens, but travelers should have onward or return tickets. (references)

Women

Pakistan

Police usually return battered women to their abusive family members. (references)

Macedonia

Women also retain the right to return to their jobs for 2 years after giving birth. (references)

Bahrain

Courts reportedly have allowed victims who do appear to sue for damages, return home, or both. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

As of year's end, there was no report on the return of the boys. (references)

Rwanda

It was unclear how much pay the prisoners were given in return for their work. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The IOM has established a program to repatriate trafficked women who seek to return home. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Son of return

The remnant shall return

Expressions using "return": a return ticket ♦ amended return ♦ bank return ♦ by return ♦ by return post ♦ capital return ♦ carriage return ♦ carriage return character ♦ cheap day return fare ♦ come back return to one's first love ♦ Commodity Total Return Index ♦ customer's return copy ♦ day return ♦ estimated tax return ♦ estimated time of return ♦ exponential return ♦ False return ♦ file an income tax return ♦ gift in return ♦ give in return ♦ go and return ♦ goods exported with notification of intended return ♦ ground return ♦ in return ♦ in return for ♦ income return ♦ income tax return ♦ information return ♦ joint return ♦ let's return to our muttons ♦ let's return to the subject ♦ make a return ♦ material return authorization number ♦ non Return to Zero Inverted ♦ on my return ♦ on return ♦ operating return ♦ optical return loss ♦ pending my return ♦ per return ♦ play the final return match ♦ point of no return ♦ point of return ♦ Primary Return Code ♦ radar return ♦ rate of return ♦ return a bow ♦ return a call ♦ return a favor ♦ return a verdict ♦ return a visit ♦ return address ♦ return airway ♦ return ball ♦ return bend ♦ return blow for blow ♦ return cable ♦ return cargo ♦ return client ♦ return control transfer ♦ return crease ♦ return current ♦ return customer ♦ return day ♦ return fare ♦ return fire ♦ return flight ♦ return flow ♦ return flue ♦ return from a procedure ♦ return from capital ♦ return from interrupt ♦ return from the dead ♦ return game ♦ return good ♦ return good for evil ♦ return home ♦ return journey ♦ return key ♦ return line ♦ return load ♦ return loss ♦ return match ♦ return movement ♦ return of income ♦ return of payment ♦ return of service ♦ return on assets ♦ return on capital ♦ return on capital employed ♦ return on common equity ♦ return on equity ♦ return on invested capital ♦ return pass ♦ return performance ♦ return pipe ♦ return point ♦ return postage ♦ return smb.'s love ♦ return smb.'s salute ♦ return smth. with usury. Additional references.

Beginning with "return": return-by, return-of-waste, return-on-investment, return-to-hegel, return-to-history, return-to-learn, Return-to-marx, return-to-marxism, return-to-marxists, return-to-products, return-to-rant, return-to-sender, return-to-work, return-trip.

Ending with "return": carriage-return, delayed-return, immediate-return, risk-return, sale-or-return.

Containing "return": non-return-to-reference, non-return-to-zero.