Return may refer to:
In business, economics, and finance
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Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense.
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Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment
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Tax return, a blank document or template supplied by a government for use in the reporting of tax information
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Product return
In retail, a product return is the process of a customer taking previously purchased merchandise back to the retailer, and in turn receiving a refund in the original form of payment, exchange for another item (identical or different), or a store ...
, the process of bringing back merchandise to a retailer for a refund or exchange
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Returns (economics), the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production
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Abnormal return In finance, an abnormal return is the difference between the actual return of a security and the expected return. Abnormal returns are sometimes triggered by "events." Events can include mergers, dividend announcements, company earning announcemen ...
, denoting the difference in behaviour between one stock and the overall stock market
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Taxes, where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities
In technology
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Return (architecture), the receding edge of a flat face
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Carriage return
A carriage return, sometimes known as a cartridge return and often shortened to CR, or return, is a control character or mechanism used to reset a device's position to the beginning of a line of text. It is closely associated with the line feed ...
, a key on an alphanumeric keyboard commonly equated with the "enter" key
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Return statement, a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was called
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Return code
In computer programming, a return code or an error code is a numeric or alphanumeric code that is used to determine the nature of an error and why it occurred. They are also commonly found in consumer electronics and devices when they attempt t ...
, a method of messaging status in software
* ''Aux-return'', the input complement of an
Aux-send
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An aux-send (auxiliary send) is an electronic signal-routing output used on multi-channel sound mixing consoles used in recording and broadcasting settings and on PA system amplifier-mixers used in music concerts. T ...
output
* "Return", synonym of "
register", "grille" in HVAC system
In entertainment
Film
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''Return'' (1954 film), a
Hong Kong film
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of pol ...
directed by Lee Dut
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''Return'' (1985 film), a film directed by Andrew Silver
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''The Return'' (2003 film), a Russian film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
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''Wide Awake'' (2007 film), a South Korean film also known as ''Return''
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''Return'' (2010 film), a short film directed by Harri J. Rantala
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''Return'' (2011 film), an independent film directed by Liza Johnson
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''Return'' (2018 film), documentary film directed by
Music
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''Return'' (iKon album)
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Return (Jack DeJohnette album)
* ''Return'', an album by
David Rovics
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Return (band), a Norwegian 80s pop/rock band
* "Return", a song by OK Go from the 2002 album ''
OK Go''
* "Return", a song by Shed Seven from album ''
Let It Ride''
* "Return", a song by The Wedding from the 2008 EP ''
The Sound, The Steel''
* "Return", a single by Natalie Hemby from
''Puxico'' (album) (2017)
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''Returns'' (album), a 2009 album by Return to Forever
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''Return'' (EP), a 2011 EP by F.T. Island
Other
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"Return" (''Law & Order''), a 2000 episode of ''Law & Order''
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"Return" (''The Secret Circle''), 2012
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The Returns
William Forsythe (born December 30, 1949) is an American dancer and choreographer resident in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is known for his work with the Ballet Frankfurt (1984–2004) and The Forsythe Company (2005–2015). Recognized for t ...
'', a 2009 ballet by William Forsythe
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''Return'' (TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series
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''Return'' (Polish TV series) a 2022 Polish TV series
In politics
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Return (Transnistria), a European political party
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Election returns, denoting the resulting tallies of election ballots
People
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Return J. Meigs, Sr.
Return Jonathan Meigs orn December 17 (old style) or 28th (new style), 1740; died January 28, 1823 a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, was one of the settlers of the Northwest Territory in what is now the st ...
(1740–1823), American Revolutionary War officer, federal Indian agent
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Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (; November 17, 1764March 29, 1825) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the fourth governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a United States senator.
Early life
Meigs w ...
(1764–1825), Governor of Ohio, U.S. Postmaster General
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Return Torrey (1835–1893), American politician
Other
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Return Point, Antarctica
* In gridiron football (American or Canadian), "return" can refer to either:
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Kickoff return
A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in gridiron football. Typically, a kickoff consists of one team – the "kicking team" – kicking the ball to the opposing team – the "receiving team". The receiving team is then entitled to ''return' ...
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Punt return
In gridiron football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground. The most common use of this tactic is to punt the ball downfield to the opposing team, usually on the final d ...
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Nostoi'' ("Returns"), a lost ancient Greek epic
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Diminishing returns
In economics, diminishing returns are the decrease in marginal (incremental) output of a production process as the amount of a single factor of production is incrementally increased, holding all other factors of production equal (ceteris pari ...
, referring to a decrease of efficiency with scaling
See also
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The Return (disambiguation)
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Return channel
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