Return - Definition

n 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" [syn: tax return, income
tax return, return]
2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia
we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming]
3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite
direction [syn: return, coming back]
4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the
book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue
lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration,
regaining]
5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on
their return to the base camp"
6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the
sale of land or other property; "the average return was about
5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds,
yield, payoff]
7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the
return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return]
8: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the
teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte,
replication, comeback, counter]
9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that
causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key,
return]
10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good
as we got" [syn: return, paying back, getting even]
11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other
player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a
kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as
Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: reappearance,
return]
v 1: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one
has been before; "return to your native land"; "the
professor returned to his teaching position after serving
as Dean"
2: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return]
3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn
back]
4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back,
recall]
5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, take
back, bring back]
6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
7: make a return; "return a kickback"
8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return,
riposte, rejoin]
9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back,
return]
10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund,
return, repay, give back]
11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
render, deliver, return]
12: elect again [syn: reelect, return]
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" [syn: fall,
return, pass, devolve]
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" [syn: render,
yield, return, give, generate]
16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a
bill to a legislative body"