Return may refer to:

In business, economics, and finance

Return on investment Return on investment (ROI) or return on costs (ROC) is a ratio between net income (over a period) and investment (costs resulting from an investment of some resources at a point in time). A high ROI means the investment's gains compare favourably ...

(ROI), the financial gain after an expense. *

Rate of return In finance, return is a profit on an investment. It comprises any change in value of the investment, and/or cash flows (or securities, or other investments) which the investor receives from that investment, such as interest payments, coupons ...

, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment * Tax return, a blank document or template supplied by a government for use in the reporting of tax information * Product return, the process of bringing back merchandise to a retailer for a refund or exchange *

Returns (economics) Returns, in economics and political economy, are the distributions or payments awarded to the various suppliers of a good or service Wages Wages are the return to labor—the return to an individual's involvement (mental or physical) in the creati ...

, the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production *

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 announcements ...

, denoting the difference in behaviour between one stock and the overall stock market *

Taxes A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, o ...

, where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities

In technology

* Return (architecture), the receding edge of a flat face *

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 *

Return statement In computer programming, a return statement causes execution to leave the current subroutine and resume at the point in the code immediately after the instruction which called the subroutine, known as its return address. The return address is sa ...

, a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was called * Return code, a method of messaging status in software * ''Aux-return'', the input complement of an

Aux-send {{unreferenced, date=May 2019 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. ...

output * "Return", synonym of " register", "grille" in HVAC system

In entertainment

Film

* ''Return'' (1954 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Lee Dut * ''Return'' (1985 film), a film directed by Andrew Silver * ''The Return'' (2003 film), a Russian film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev * ''Wide Awake'' (2007 film), a South Korean film also known as ''Return'' * ''Return'' (2010 film), a short film directed by Harri J. Rantala * ''Return'' (2011 film), an independent film directed by Liza Johnson * ''Return'' (2018 film), documentary film directed by

Music

* ''Return'' (iKon album) *

Return (Jack DeJohnette album) ''Return'' is a studio album by American jazz musician Jack DeJohnette. It was released in France via Newvelle Records label. ''Return'' is the label's second release and available in vinyl only by subscription only. Background ''Return'' is his ...

* ''Return'', an album by

David Rovics David Stefan Rovics (born April 10, 1967) is an American indie singer/songwriter. His music concerns topical subjects such as the 2003 Iraq war, anti-globalization, anarchism, and social justice issues. Rovics has been an outspoken critic o ...

Return (band) Return is a Norwegian rock band from Stange, Hedmark. The band started in 1980, and was in its prime in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In this period they had several singles on the Norwegian hit charts and were among the bestselling bands in the ...

, a Norwegian 80s pop/rock band * "Return", a song by OK Go from the 2002 album ''

OK Go OK Go is an American rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of Damian Kulash (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass guitar and vocals), Dan Konopka (drums and percussion), an ...

'' * "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) * ''Returns'' (album), a 2009 album by Return to Forever * ''Return'' (EP), a 2011 EP by F.T. Island

Other

* "Return" (''Law & Order''), a 2000 episode of ''Law & Order'' * "Return" (''The Secret Circle''), 2012 * '' The Returns'', a 2009 ballet by William Forsythe * ''Return'' (TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series * ''Return'' (Polish TV series) a 2022 Polish TV series

In politics

* Return (Transnistria), a European political party *

Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

returns, denoting the resulting tallies of election ballots

People

* Return J. Meigs, Sr. (1740–1823), American Revolutionary War officer, federal Indian agent * Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1764–1825), Governor of Ohio, U.S. Postmaster General * Return Torrey (1835–1893), American politician

Other

* Return Point, Antarctica * In gridiron football (American or Canadian), "return" can refer to either: :*

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 ...

:* Punt return * ''

Nostoi The ''Nostoi'' ( el, Νόστοι, ''Nostoi'', "Returns"), also known as ''Returns'' or ''Returns of the Greeks'', is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Epic Cycle, that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the entire history o ...

'' ("Returns"), a lost ancient Greek epic *

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 par ...

, referring to a decrease of efficiency with scaling

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