return

• "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

Synonyms

• tax returndocument giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
• income tax returndocument giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

• "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

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• homecomingan annual school or university reunion for graduates ; a coming to or returning home

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• coming backthe occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

• "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

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• restitutiona sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury ; the act of restoring something to its original state ; getting something back again
• restorationthe reign of Charles II in England; the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state ; getting something back again; the state of being restored to its former good condition; some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. ; the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660
• regaininggetting something back again

• "they set out on their return to the base camp"

• "the average return was about 5%"

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• issueprepare and issue for public distribution or sale; circulate or distribute or equip with; bring out an official document (such as a warrant) ; come out of; make out and issue; an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; one of a series published periodically; some situation or event that is thought about; the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government ; the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; the immediate descendants of a person; the becoming visible; an opening that permits escape or release; the act of issuing printed materials
• takethe income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption ; carry out; require (time or space); take somebody somewhere; get into one's hands, take physically; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; interpret something in a certain way; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; take into one's possession; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; receive willingly something given or offered; assume, as of positions or roles; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; require as useful, just, or proper; experience or feel or submit to; make a film or photograph of something; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; make use of or accept for some purpose; take by force; occupy or take on; admit into a group or community; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be a student of a certain subject; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; head into a specified direction; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; be seized or affected in a specified way; have with oneself; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain regularly; buy, select; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; have sex with; lay claim to; be designed to hold or take; be capable of holding or containing; develop a habit; proceed along in a vehicle; obtain by winning; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• takingsthe income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
• proceedsthe income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
• yieldproduction of a certain amount ; the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; an amount of a product ; the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); be the cause or source of; end resistance, as under pressure or force; give or supply; give over; give in, as to influence or pressure ; move in order to make room for someone for something; cause to happen or be responsible for; be willing to concede; be fatally overwhelmed ; bring in; be flexible under stress of physical force; cease opposition; consent reluctantly
• payoffthe final payment of a debt ; payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment ; the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

• "the return of spring"

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• recurrencehappening again (especially at regular intervals)

• "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

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• rejoindera quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
• retortanswer back ; a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
• ripostemake a return thrust; answer back ; a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
• replicationthe act of making copies; (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division ; a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer ; the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; copy that is not the original; the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
• comebacka quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
• counterin the opposite direction; indicating opposition or resistance ; speak in response; act in advance of; table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted ; game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games ; a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens ; a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; a person who counts things ; a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) ; a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; a return punch (especially by a boxer)

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• return keythe key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

• "in return we gave them as good as we got"

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• paying backa reciprocal group action
• getting evena reciprocal group action

• "he won the point on a cross-court return"

• "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

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• reappearancethe event of something appearing again; the act of someone appearing again

• "return to your native land"
• "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

• "render money"

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• rendera substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls ; cause to become; give something useful or necessary to; give an interpretation or rendition of; give or supply; pass down; make over as a return; give back; to surrender someone or something to another; show in, or as in, a picture; coat with plastic or cement; bestow; restate (words) from one language into another language; melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities

• "We reverted to the old rules"

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• revertgo back to a previous state; undergo reversion, as in a mutation
• retrovertgo back to a previous state
• regressthe reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence ; returning to a former state ; go back to a statistical means ; go back to a previous state; get worse or fall back to a previous condition ; go back to bad behavior
• turn backretrace one's course; go back to a previous state; force to go away; hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; turn inside out or upside down

• "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

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• hark backgo back to something earlier
• come backbe restored; go back to something earlier; even the score, in sports ; answer back
• recalla request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) ; a call to return; a bugle call that signals troops to return ; the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); the act of removing an official by petition ; recall knowledge from memory; go back to something earlier; call to mind; summon to return; cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; make unavailable; cause to be returned

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• take backbring back to the point of departure ; regain possession of something ; resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband ; move text to the previous line; take back what one has said; cause someone to remember the past
• bring backbring back to the point of departure ; return to consciousness

• "return a compliment"
• "return her love"

• "return a kickback"

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• retortanswer back ; a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
• come backbe restored; go back to something earlier; even the score, in sports ; answer back
• repaypay back; make repayment for or return something ; act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions ; answer back
• ripostea quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge ; make a return thrust; answer back
• rejoinjoin again ; answer back

• "Her old vigor returned"

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• come backbe restored; go back to something earlier; even the score, in sports ; answer back

• "Please refund me my money"

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• refundpay back; money returned to a payer ; the act of returning money received previously
• repaypay back; make repayment for or return something ; act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions ; answer back
• give backpay back

• "render a verdict"
• "deliver a judgment"

Synonyms

• rendera substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls ; cause to become; give something useful or necessary to; give an interpretation or rendition of; give or supply; pass down; make over as a return; give back; to surrender someone or something to another; show in, or as in, a picture; coat with plastic or cement; bestow; restate (words) from one language into another language; melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
• deliverdeliver (a speech, oration, or idea); bring to a destination, make a delivery; to surrender someone or something to another; free from harm or evil ; hand over to the authorities of another country; pass down; utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); save from sins ; carry out or perform; relinquish possession or control over; throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; cause to be born

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• reelectelect again

• "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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• fallthe season when the leaves fall from the trees; a sudden drop from an upright position; the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; a downward slope or bend ; a lapse into sin; a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; a movement downward; the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); the time of day immediately following sunset; when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat ; a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; come under, be classified or included; fall from clouds; suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; die, as in battle or in a hunt; touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; be captured; occur at a specified time or place; decrease in size, extent, or range; yield to temptation or sin; lose office or power; to be given by assignment or distribution; move in a specified direction; be due; lose one's chastity; to be given by right or inheritance; come into the possession of; fall to somebody by assignment or lot; be inherited by; slope downward; lose an upright position suddenly; drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; fall or flow in a certain way; assume a disappointed or sad expression; be cast down; come out; be born, used chiefly of lambs; begin vigorously; go as if by falling; come as if by falling
• passof advancing the ball by throwing it; (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; (military) a written leave of absence; (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; any authorization to pass or go somewhere; a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs ; a difficult juncture; one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; a permit to enter or leave a military installation; a complimentary ticket; a usually brief attempt; (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; success in satisfying a test or requirement; go across or through; move past; make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; pass by; place into the hands or custody of; stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; travel past; come to pass; go unchallenged; use up a period of time in a specific way; pass over, across, or through; transmit information; disappear gradually; go successfully through a test or a selection process; be superior or better than some standard; accept or judge as acceptable; allow to go without comment or censure; transfer to another; pass into a specified state or condition; throw (a ball) to another player; be inherited by; cause to pass; grant authorization or clearance for; pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; eliminate from the body
• devolvepass on or delegate to another; be inherited by; grow worse

• "in mathematics"
• "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

• "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"

Synonyms

• rendera substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls ; cause to become; give something useful or necessary to; give an interpretation or rendition of; give or supply; pass down; make over as a return; give back; to surrender someone or something to another; show in, or as in, a picture; coat with plastic or cement; bestow; restate (words) from one language into another language; melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
• yieldproduction of a certain amount ; the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; an amount of a product ; the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); be the cause or source of; end resistance, as under pressure or force; give or supply; give over; give in, as to influence or pressure ; move in order to make room for someone for something; cause to happen or be responsible for; be willing to concede; be fatally overwhelmed ; bring in; be flexible under stress of physical force; cease opposition; consent reluctantly
• givethe elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length ; cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; be the cause or source of; transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; convey or reveal information; convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; organize or be responsible for; convey or communicate; give as a present; cause to happen or be responsible for; dedicate; give or supply; transmit (knowledge or skills); bring about; leave with; emit or utter; endure the loss of; place into the hands or custody of; give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; give (as medicine); give or convey physically; bestow; bestow, especially officially; move in order to make room for someone for something; give food to; contribute to some cause; break down, literally or metaphorically; estimate the duration or outcome of something; execute and deliver; deliver in exchange or recompense; afford access to; present to view; perform for an audience; be flexible under stress of physical force; propose; accord by verdict; manifest or show; offer in good faith; submit for consideration, judgment, or use; guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; allow to have or take; inflict as a punishment; occur; consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; proffer (a body part)
• generatebring into existence; give or supply; produce (energy); make (offspring) by reproduction

• "submit a bill to a legislative body"