Return
//ɹɪˈtɜːn//
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The word "return" can be used as verb and noun.
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Earth return vehicle Return to Zero Saturn return abnormal return absolute return active return amended return annual return antireturn auto-return ball return book return bridge of no return by return by return mail by return of post carriage return day return dollar return early return eternal return exante return excess return expected return exponential return false return first return time hard return in return income tax return information return joint return kick return many happy returns market return mean return misreturn misreturn non-return non-return valve nonreturn nonreturn point of no return prereturn rate of return real return relative return rereturn rereturn retpoline return ace return address return back return ball return bend return check return crease return current return day return demonstration return envelope return evil for evil return extrasystole return fare return fire return fire return flow return fraud return game return gift return key return match return of capital return on assets return on capital employed return on equity return on invested capital return on investment return on net assets return on sales return pass return path return piece return pointer return shock return spring return stroke return tag return the favor return ticket return time return to dust return to form return to form return to one's muttons return to one's senses return to sender return type return valve return-oriented programming returnability returnee returning officer returnless returnment returnship risk-adjusted return risk-free return risk-return tradeoff safety net return safety-net return sale or return sequence of return risk side return soft return subperiod return tax return total return total return swap total shareholder return unreturning venous return warrant return
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acquisition answer appearance arrival bring carry change by reversal change hands change owners communicate convey create denote elect give go group action income instrument key legal document legal instrument locomote make motion move move movement official document pass pass along pass on pay produce put across re-emerge reappear reciprocate refer repeat repetition reply reply respond response reverse run running running game running play submit take tennis shot tennis stroke transport travel turn turn turning
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above above enter action again answer argument back ball bring bring back bringing bringing back button call card carriage return character come come back comeback coming coming back computer computer key computer keyboard defect desk elect enter enter key entry entry key extension field fielder flight gift give give back giving giving back go go back going going back key keyboard keyboard enter keyboard key lead line narration net new new line perpendicular place procedure punt put back relinquish reply report respond retort retreat return ticket return to form return value rovers say send send back serve store submit submit button take take back tax return thought throw turn back typewriter typewriter enter typewriter key unwanted unwanted gift vendor wicket wicket keeper
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