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return
  1. The act of returning.
  2. A return ticket.
  3. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
  4. An answer.
  5. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
  6. Gain or loss from an investment.
  7. (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.
  8. (computing) A carriage return character.
  9. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
  10. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
  11. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
  12. (American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
  13. (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
  14. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
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  16. Examples:
    1. “The era saw the return of relative stability, governed by a benevolent regime.”
      “Liam Williams is set to make his return from injury in Saracens' pivotal Champions Cup match against the Ospreys.”
      “We have been pleased with the return on our investment thus far.”
returner
  1. One who returns from another place.
  2. One who returns something, such as defective goods.
  3. (American football) A player who runs back a ball which has been punted or kicked
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  5. Examples:
    1. “This is shaping up to be a classic confrontation between the big server against the master returner.”
      “Before, the kicking team was penalized if a player came within 2 yards of a returner before he caught the ball.”
      “The Australian Open champion has won seven Grand Slam titles and is the best returner in the game.”
returnee
  1. Someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
  2. A person who sends something back.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “My cousin, who migrated to Australia two years ago, has now become a returnee after deciding to move back to our hometown.”
      “These inquiries can take from several hours up to several days, during which time the returnee will be kept in custody.”
      “A returnee who is not in possession of valid Turkish travel documents is likely to be kept in custody for an in-depth interrogation.”
returnability
  1. The quality of being returnable.
returning
  1. The act of one who returns; a coming back.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A series of events starts which culminates in his returning to the scene of his transfiguration.”
      “One resolution that everyone kept was the returning of borrowed farm equipment in time for the agricultural season.”
      “The returning of borrowed funds is expected after the agreed term.”
returnment
  1. (obsolete, rare) A return; a moving back.
returnal
  1. (rare) Synonym of return
returnable
  1. Something that is returnable.
returns
  1. plural of return
  2. (plural only) Merchandise returned to a retailer or wholesaler by a purchaser.
  3. (plural only) Unsold merchandise returned to the supplier.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “When it comes to saving and investing, people are obsessed with the returns they're going to get on their money.”
returnables
  1. plural of returnable
  2. Examples:
    1. “Depending on the parameters of the scheme's design and geography, the environmental cost of returnables can outweigh the benefits.”
      “Since 2002, Toyota estimates a total savings of 273 million pounds of wood and 170 million pounds of cardboard from use of returnables.”
      “Businesses will have to handle more returnables and costs for all will increase.”
returnings
  1. plural of returning
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The swishes became more frequent, the returnings almost doubling on their track.”
      “It was a time of returnings. Soldiers everywhere returned home to try to piece together the broken fragments of shattered lives.”
      “God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.”
returnees
  1. plural of returnee
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These refugees and returnees settled either in their home villages or in refugee camps.”
      “Most left last year after U.N. officials started repatriating returnees driven out during the war.”
      “In Boston returnees were thought to dominate the Boston Tea Assembly, a group that met every other week for dancing and card playing.”
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