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