returns

Noun

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
• a coming to or returning home
• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
• getting something back again
• the act of going back to a prior location
• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
• happening again (especially at regular intervals)
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
• a reciprocal group action
• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
• the act of someone appearing again
• plural of return
• Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
• A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
• The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
• The return of the soldiers fit for duty.

Verb

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
• give back
• go back to a previous state
• go back to something earlier
• bring back to the point of departure
• return in kind
• make a return
• answer back
• be restored
• pay back
• pass down
• elect again
• be inherited by
• return to a previous position; in mathematics
• give or supply
• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
• third-person singular simple present indicative of return

Synonyms

bring back, come back, comeback, coming back, counter, deliver, devolve, fall, generate, getting even, give, give back, hark back, homecoming, income tax return, issue, pass, paying back, payoff, proceeds, reappearance, recall, recurrence, reelect, refund, regaining, regress, rejoin, rejoinder, render, repay, replication, restitution, restoration, retort, retrovert, return, return key, revert, riposte, take, take back, takings, tax return, turn back, yield

Related Words

many happy returns