returns

The act of returning.

“I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.”

A return ticket.

“Do you want a one-way or a return?”

An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.

“Last year there were 250 returns of this product, an improvement on the 500 returns the year before.”

An answer.

“a return to one's question”

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.

“election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold”

Gain or loss from an investment.

“It yielded a return of 5%.”

: A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.

“Hand in your return by the end of the tax year.”

A carriage return character.

The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.

A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.

A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from central plant).

“The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve.”

A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.

Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.

A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.

The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.

“A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.”

To come or go back (to a place or person).

“Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.”

To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

“To return to my story [...]”

To turn back, retreat.

To turn (something) round.

To place or put back something where it had been.

“Please return your hands to your lap.”

To give something back to its original holder or owner.

“You should return the library book within one month.”

To take back something to a vendor for a refund.

“If the goods don't work, you can return them.”

To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.

“The player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast.”

To play a card as a result of another player's lead.

“If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.”

To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.

To say in reply; to respond.

“to return an answer;  to return thanks;  "Do it yourself!" she returned.”

To relinquish control to the calling procedure.

To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

“This function returns the number of files in the directory.”

To retort; to throw back.

“to return the lie”

To report, or bring back and make known.

“to return the result of an election”

(by extension) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.

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.