Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: income_tax_return, return, return_key, tax_return

'return'

[tax_return.n.01] as in: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

Examples:
his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return

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'return'

[return.n.02] as in: a coming to or returning home

Examples:
on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party

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'return'

[return.n.03] as in: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

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'return'

[restitution.n.03] as in: getting something back again

Examples:
upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing

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'return'

[return.n.05] as in: the act of going back to a prior location

Examples:
they set out on their return to the base camp

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'return'

[return.n.06] as in: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

Examples:
the average return was about 5%

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'return'

[recurrence.n.01] as in: happening again (especially at regular intervals)

Examples:
the return of spring

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'return'

[rejoinder.n.01] as in: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

Examples:
it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher

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'return'

[return_key.n.01] as in: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

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'return'

[return.n.10] as in: a reciprocal group action

Examples:
in return we gave them as good as we got

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'return'

[return.n.11] as in: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

Examples:
he won the point on a cross-court return

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'return'

[return.n.12] as in: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

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'return'

[reappearance.n.02] as in: the act of someone appearing again

Examples:
his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited

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'return'

[return.v.01] as in: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

Examples:
return to your native land
the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean

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'return'

[render.v.07] as in: give back

Examples:
render money

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'return'

[revert.v.01] as in: go back to a previous state

Examples:
We reverted to the old rules

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'return'

[hark_back.v.01] as in: go back to something earlier

Examples:
This harks back to a previous remark of his

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'return'

[return.v.05] as in: bring back to the point of departure

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'return'

[return.v.06] as in: return in kind

Examples:
return a compliment
return her love

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'return'

[return.v.07] as in: make a return

Examples:
return a kickback

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'return'

[retort.v.01] as in: answer back

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'return'

[come_back.v.01] as in: be restored

Examples:
Her old vigor returned

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'return'

[refund.v.01] as in: pay back

Examples:
Please refund me my money

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'return'

[render.v.05] as in: pass down

Examples:
render a verdict
deliver a judgment

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'return'

[reelect.v.01] as in: elect again

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'return'

[fall.v.21] as in: be inherited by

Examples:
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

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'return'

[return.v.14] as in: return to a previous position; in mathematics

Examples:
The point returned to the interior of the figure

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'return'

[render.v.04] as in: give or supply

Examples:
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

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'return'

[return.v.16] as in: submit (a report, etc.)

to someone in authority

Examples:
submit a bill to a legislative body

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Origins

					return (English)
└── returnen (Middle English (1100-1500))