1 to give, do, or get something after something similar has been given or done to you:
to return an invitation/greeting
I returned his stare.
I gave her a ride when her car broke down and now she is returning the favour (= doing something to help me in exchange).
The terrorists started shooting and the police returned fire (= started shooting back).
His representatives did not return a request for comment.
She hadn't returned their earlier queries because, she said, she had already explained herself clearly.
My investments return a high rate of interest.
2 to send, take, give, put, etc. something back to where it came from:
3 to happen again:
4 to decide and say if you think someone is guilty or not guilty, or what punishment the person will be given in a court of law:
5 an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they were before:
6 in exchange:
7 an occasion when something starts to happen or be used again:
Will we ever see the return of/a return to comfortable fashion clothes?
8 the key on a computer keyboard that you press in order to say that the words or numbers on the screen are correct, or that an instruction should be performed, or in order to move down a line on the screen:
10 The return part of a journey is the part in which you go back to the place where you started:
11 to come or go back to a previous place, subject, activity, or condition:
12 to put, send, or give something back to where it came from:
13 to give, do, or get something in exchange:
15 helping something to go or be sent back to where it came from:
return postage
16 if a business or an investment returns an amount of money, it produces a profit:
17 to take or send a product back to the company that sold it to you. You usually do this if you want them to replace the product or to give you back your money:
18 to give back money that will not be used or that should not have been paid:
20 to go back to an earlier situation or to start doing something again:
21 to send a cheque back to the person who wrote it, usually because they do not have enough money in the bank to pay the whole amount:
22 to give an official opinion in a court of law about whether someone is guilty of a crime:
23 the amount of profit made by an investment or a business activity:
The program guarantees lenders a return of 10% interest.
A fixed-rate investment will give you below-average returns.
return on sth We need to monitor our return on advertising.
make/see a return (on sth) They need to charge prices of over $20 a barrel in order to make a return.
If the market improves, we can make a return of $10,000 on our investment.
a good/high return I want an investment which offers a good return.
24 a product that is returned to a company because the buyer is not satisfied with it, or the act of returning products to a company:
25 an official document with details of your income that you send to the government tax department each year so that income tax can be calculated:
26 a situation in which someone or something goes back to an earlier position or activity:
27 the key on a computer keyboard that you press to give an instruction, or to start a new line in a document:
28 a ticket for a journey to a place and back again:
return to somewhere I need a return to Kings Cross Station.
29 using the next available mail collection to reply:
An answer by return would be appreciated.
30 relating to a journey to a particular place and back again:
He was paged at the airport and told to return home immediately.
He returned in triumph from the sales with a half-price stereo system.
The opposition leader returned to a hero's welcome after seven years in exile.
She returned his smile.
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