return

return (http://definr.com/return)

     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}]
     2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia
        we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: homecoming]
     3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite
        direction [syn: 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, restoration, regaining]
     5: the act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on
        their return to the base camp"
     6: the income arising from land or other property; "the average
        return was about 5%" [syn: issue, proceeds, take, takings,
         yield, payoff]
     7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the
        return of spring" [syn: recurrence]
     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, riposte, comeback]
     9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that
        causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key]
     10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good
         as we got" [syn: paying back, getting even]
     11: a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player;
         "he won the point on a cross-court return"
     12: the act of running back the football 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]
     v 1: come back to place where one has been before, or return to a
          previous activity [syn: go back, get back, {come
          back}]
     2: give back; "render money" [syn: render]
     3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
        [syn: revert, retrovert, regress, turn back]
     4:  go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a
        previous remark of his" [syn: hark back, come back, recall]
     5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: take back, {bring
        back}]
     6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
     7: make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football
     8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, riposte,
         rejoin]
     9: "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back, be restored]
     10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, repay,
          give back]
     11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render,
          deliver]
     12: elect again [syn: reelect]
     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, 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,
          give, generate]
     16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a
         bill to a legislative body"