returns Antonyms
Meaning of returns
returns
to respond to in a similar way, proof of service, to go back in thought or practice, in reciprocation, compensation, or repayment, used or taken on returning, the action or an instance of returning a ball (as in tennis or football), played, delivered, or given in return, a lead in a suit previously led by one's partner in a card game, returning or permitting return, something returned, to bring, carry, send, or put back, reply entry 1 sense 3, answer, reply, retort, to run with (a football) after a change of possession (as by a punt or a fumble), to give (an official account or report) to a superior (as by a list or statement), a means for bringing something (as water) back to its starting point, a statement of income to be taxed, to go back in thought, practice, or condition, an answering play, to make an official report of, a means for conveying something (such as water) back to its starting point, the action or an instance of returning a ball (as in football or tennis), to hit back (as a tennis ball), reflect, to cause (something, such as a wall) to continue in a different direction (as at a right angle), answer, retort, election, to pass back to an earlier possessor, to send back, a formal document executed in accordance with law on a required form showing taxable income, allowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due, the rate of profit in a process of production per unit of cost, the delivery of a legal order (such as a writ) to the proper officer or court, to bring in (profit), the sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners, something given in repayment or reciprocation, a report of the results of balloting, to elect to office, round-trip, to lead (a specified suit or specified card of a suit) in response to a partner's earlier lead, a regular or frequent returning, to hit back (a ball or shuttlecock), to bring back (something, such as a writ or verdict) to an office or tribunal, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information, taking place for the second time, to go back or come back again, results, return day, to elect (a candidate) as attested by official report or returns, to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place, played or given in return, to run with (a football) after the possession of the ball changes from one team to the other (as by a fumble or a punt), a list of taxable property, to restore to a former or to a normal state, a report of the results of voting, to bring in (as profit), the act of returning something to a former place, condition, or ownership, the delivery of a court order (as a writ) to the proper officer or court, a formal statement on a required legal form showing taxable income, allowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due, something given in payment or exchange, to bring in or produce (as earnings or profit), to give or perform in return, a quantity of goods, consignment, or cargo coming back in exchange for goods sent out as a mercantile venture, the profit from labor, investment, or business, to give back to the owner, an official declaration of the election of a candidate, to give (something, such as an official account) to a superior, the value of or profit from such venture, unsold publications returned to the publisher for cash or credit, to come or go back, the act of coming back to or from a place or condition, an endorsed certificate stating an official's action in the execution of such an order, having or formed by a change of direction, the continuation usually at a right angle of the face or of a member of a building or of a molding or group of moldings, doubled on itself, used for returning, to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or tribunal, retort, a regular or frequent occurrence, an account or formal report, the act of returning something to an earlier place, condition, or ownership, of, relating to, or causing a return to a place or condition, to respond to in kind, a paper (as a check or draft) calling for payment that is returned by a bank to the clearinghouse because of a defect (as lack of funds or insufficient endorsement), an account or formal report (as of an action performed or duty discharged or of facts and statistics)
returns Sentence Examples
- The investment returns are expected to exceed 10% this year.
- The prodigal son returns home after a long absence.
- The computer returns an error message due to insufficient memory.
- The function returns the number of elements in the list.
- The elevator returns to the ground floor to collect new passengers.
- The prodigal child returns, seeking forgiveness from his father.
- The doctor returns the patient's X-rays after examining them.
- The comet returns to the solar system every 76 years.
- The library returns the overdue book, late fees having been paid.
- The tennis ball returns with a thud after hitting the net.
FAQs About the word returns
to respond to in a similar way, proof of service, to go back in thought or practice, in reciprocation, compensation, or repayment, used or taken on returning, t
restores,replaces,reconveys
takes,removes,
The investment returns are expected to exceed 10% this year.
The prodigal son returns home after a long absence.
The computer returns an error message due to insufficient memory.
The function returns the number of elements in the list.
