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to turn back
tax return, income tax return, return(noun)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"
return, homecoming(noun)a coming to or returning home
"on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
return, coming back(noun)the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
restitution, return, restoration, regaining(noun)getting something back again
"upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
return(noun)the act of going back to a prior location
"they set out on their return to the base camp"
return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff(noun)the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
"the average return was about 5%"
recurrence, return(noun)happening again (especially at regular intervals)
"the return of spring"
rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter(noun)a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
"it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
return key, return(noun)the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
return, paying back, getting even(noun)a reciprocal group action
"in return we gave them as good as we got"
return(noun)a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
"he won the point on a cross-court return"
return(noun)(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
reappearance, return(verb)the act of someone appearing again
"his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
return(verb)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"
render, return(verb)give back
"render money"
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back(verb)go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules"
hark back, return, come back, recall(verb)go back to something earlier
"This harks back to a previous remark of his"
return, take back, bring back(verb)bring back to the point of departure
return(verb)return in kind
"return a compliment"; "return her love"
return(verb)make a return
"return a kickback"
retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin(verb)answer back
come back, return(verb)be restored
"Her old vigor returned"
refund, return, repay, give back(verb)pay back
"Please refund me my money"
render, deliver, return(verb)pass down
"render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
reelect, return(verb)elect again
fall, return, pass, devolve(verb)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"
return(verb)return to a previous position; in mathematics
"The point returned to the interior of the figure"
render, yield, return, give, generate(verb)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"
return(verb)submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
"submit a bill to a legislative body"
something spoken or written in reaction especially to a questionI was moved by my grandfather's lengthy return to my casual question about his experiences in the Vietnam War
an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or propertyif we buy better equipment, we'll be able to make the product faster, thus getting a better return on our investment
the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount receivedthe return on each unit sold has increased since we streamlined the production process
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper placewhen I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from
to produce as revenuethis technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reactionwhen I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or levelvowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways
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