1. (noun)tax return, income tax return, return documentgiving the tax collectorinformation about the taxpayer's tax liability "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
2. (noun)return, homecoming a coming to or returning home "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
4. (noun)restitution, return, restoration, regaining getting something back again
"upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
5. (noun)return the act of goingback to a priorlocation "they set out on their return to the base camp"
6. (noun)return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property "the average return was about 5%"
7. (noun)recurrence, return happening again (especially at regular intervals)
"the return of spring"
8. (noun)rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter a quickreply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
"it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
13. (noun)reappearance, return the act of someoneappearing again
"his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
14. (verb)return go or comeback to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
"return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
26. (verb)fall, return, pass, devolve 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"
27. (verb)return return to a previous position; in mathematics "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
28. (verb)render, yield, return, give, generate 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"
29. (verb)return submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority "submit a bill to a legislative body"
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