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returns

/ɹɪˈtɜːnz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of returning.
  2. A return ticket.
  3. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
  4. An answer.
  5. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
  6. Gain or loss from an investment.
  7. To come or go back (to a place or person).
  8. To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
  9. To turn back, retreat.
  10. To turn (something) round.
  11. To place or put back something where it had been.
  12. To give something back to its original holder or owner.
  13. Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
  14. A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
  15. The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
  16. The return of the soldiers fit for duty.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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