return

A2 Topic:Personal Finance

Also spelled returne

US /ɹɪˈtɝn/ UK /ɹɪˈtɜːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #656

Meanings

1

verb
To come or go back to a place.

She returned home after living abroad for ten years.
2

verb
To give or send something back.

Please return the book to the library by Friday.
3

noun
The act of coming or going back to a place.

On my return from Australia, my friends gave me a welcoming party.
4

noun
The profit you make from an investment.

The average return on the investment was about five percent.
5

noun
An official form giving the tax office details of your income.

They earned enough that they had to file a tax return.

Verb forms

return, returned, returned

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to come or go back to a place. come backgo back

2 verb · to give or send something... give back

3 noun · the act of coming or going... homecoming

4 noun · the profit you make from an... yield proceeds

5 noun · an official form giving the... tax returnincome tax return

More reinstate render restorerevendrevest surrender

Opposites

take

Word family

Derived forms misreturnnonreturnrereturnretpolinereturnabilityreturneereturnmentreturnshipunreturning

Related forms compensate indemnify reimburse

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Phrases (6)

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safe return
the act of arriving back somewhere without harm

Adjective + noun
return a call
to telephone someone who has previously called you

Verb + noun
expect a return
to anticipate profit or repayment for an investment or favor

Verb + noun
return a favor
repay a kind act that someone did for you

Verb + noun
annual return
a yearly financial profit or mandatory yearly report filed with authorities

Adjective + noun
file a return
to submit an official financial or tax document

Verb + noun

Proverbs (2)

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Etymology

From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn.

*terh₁- Proto-Indo-European returnen Middle English returner xno retourner Old French retornare la-med

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Topics

Personal Finance Verbs of Movement

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# return

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈtɝn/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈtɜːn/
**Frequency rank:** 656

## Meanings
1. To come or go back to a place.
2. To give or send something back.
3. The act of coming or going back to a place.
4. The profit you make from an investment.
5. An official form giving the tax office details of your income.

## Examples
- She returned home after living abroad for ten years.
- Please return the book to the library by Friday.
- On my return from Australia, my friends gave me a welcoming party.
- The average return on the investment was about five percent.
- They earned enough that they had to file a tax return.

## Synonyms
- reinstate
- render
- restore
- revend
- revest
- surrender

## Antonyms
- take

## Derived Forms
- misreturn
- nonreturn
- rereturn
- retpoline
- returnability
- returnee
- returnment
- returnship
- unreturning

## Related Forms
- compensate
- indemnify
- reimburse

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *terh₁-
- Root: returnen
- Root: returner
- Root: retourner
- Root: retornare
- Affix: re- - again

## Etymology
From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn.

## AI Etymology
Return comes from Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn. Modern senses include to come or go back to a place. and to give or send something back.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as misreturn, nonreturn, rereturn, retpoline, returnability, and returnee and related forms such as compensate, indemnify, and reimburse.

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Verbs of Movement

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