Handback

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of handing something back.

    "'Route director Gary Walsh and I will be refreshing the meeting structures and we are already looking much more at passenger issues and areas like late handbacks of possessions.'"

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"'Route director Gary Walsh and I will be refreshing the meeting structures and we are already looking much more at passenger issues and areas like late handbacks of possessions.'"

Etymology

Presumably from the verb hand + back

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