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returns

Noun

Verb

return

Verb

∙ To come or go back (to a place or person). intransitive
∙ To go back in thought, narration, or argument. intransitive
∙ To turn back, retreat. intransitive, obsolete
∙ To turn (something) round. transitive, obsolete
∙ To place or put back something where it had been. transitive
∙ To give something back to its original holder or owner. transitive
∙ To take back something to a vendor for a refund. transitive
∙ To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
∙ To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve. tennis
∙ To play a card as a result of another player's lead. card games
∙ To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field. cricket
∙ To say in reply; to respond. transitive
∙ To relinquish control to the calling procedure. intransitive, computing
∙ To pass (data) back to the calling procedure. transitive, computing
∙ To retort; to throw back. transitive, dated
∙ To report, or bring back and make known. transitive
∙ To elect according to the official report of the election officers. by extension, Britain

Noun

∙ The act of returning.
∙ A return ticket.
∙ An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
∙ An answer.
∙ 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.
∙ Gain or loss from an investment.
∙ : A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return. taxation, finance
∙ A carriage return character. computing
∙ The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure. computing
∙ A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure. computing
∙ A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
∙ Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team. American football
∙ A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket. cricket
∙ 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. architecture

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