A Quick and Simple Dictionary

return

1. Verb.  (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
2. Verb.  (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
3. Verb.  (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
4. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To put (gloss, place) something back where it had been.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To take something back to a retailer for a refund.
8. Verb.  (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
9. Verb.  (context, card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
10. Verb.  (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
12. Verb.  (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
13. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
14. Noun.  The act of returning.
15. Noun.  A return ticket.
16. Noun.  An item that is '''returned''', e.g. due to a defect.
17. Noun.  (finance) Gain or loss from an investment.
18. Noun.  (context, taxation) : A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.
19. Noun.  (computing) A carriage return character.
20. Noun.  (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
21. Noun.  (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
22. Noun.  A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
23. Noun.  (context, American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
24. Noun.  (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.