return

1. Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability (synset 106560662)
   "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
   is a type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
   subtypes:

   • amended return - a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return
   • declaration of estimated tax, estimated tax return - return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year
   • false return - an incorrect income tax return
   • information return - a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability
   • joint return - a return filed by a husband and wife
   same as: income tax return, tax return
2. A coming to or returning home (synset 100052012)
   "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
   is a type of: arrival - the act of arriving at a certain place
   subtypes: repatriation - the act of returning to the country of origin
   same as: homecoming
3. The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction (synset 107461622)
   is a type of: turn, turning - a movement in a new direction
   same as: coming back
4. Getting something back again (synset 100090171)
   "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
   is a type of: acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
   subtypes: clawback - finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
   same as: regaining, restitution, restoration
5. The act of going back to a prior location (synset 100328841)
   "they set out on their return to the base camp"
   is a type of: motion, move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another
   subtypes:

   • reentry - the act of entering again
   • remand - the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
6. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property (synset 113281089)
   "the average return was about 5%"
   is a type of: income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
   subtypes:

   • economic rent, rent - the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
   • payback - financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
   same as: issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield
7. Happening again (especially at regular intervals) (synset 107357963)
   "the return of spring"
   is a type of: repeat, repetition - an event that repeats
   subtypes:

   • atavism, reversion, throwback - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
   • flashback - an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
   same as: recurrence
8. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) (synset 107214582)
   "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
   is a type of: reply, response - the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
   subtypes: back talk, backtalk, lip, mouth, sass, sassing - an impudent or insolent rejoinder
   same as: comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte
9. The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed (synset 104091629)
   is a type of: key - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
   same as: return key
10. A reciprocal group action (synset 101237294)
    "in return we gave them as good as we got"
    is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
    subtypes:

    • payment, requital - an act of requiting; returning in kind
    • retaliation, revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense
    • reciprocation - the act of making or doing something in return
    • tit for tat - an equivalent given in return
    same as: getting even, paying back
11. A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player (synset 100567335)
    "he won the point on a cross-court return"
    is a type of: tennis shot, tennis stroke - the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket
    subtypes:

    • backhand, backhand shot, backhand stroke - a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
    • chop, chop shot - a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
    • drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
    • dink, drop shot - a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
    • forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke - (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
    • get - a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
    • ground stroke - a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once
    • half volley - a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces
    • lob - an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
    • overhead, smash - a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
    • passing shot - a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net
    • volley - a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
    is a part of: lawn tennis, tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
12. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble (synset 100560761)
    referred to in: american football, american football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
    is a type of: run, running, running game, running play - (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
13. The act of someone appearing again (synset 100051707)
    "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
    is a type of: appearance - the act of appearing in public view
    subtypes: comeback - return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
    same as: reappearance

1. Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before (synset 202008888)
   "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
   is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   subtypes:

   • resurrect, rise, uprise - return from the dead
   • revisit - visit again
   • retrace, trace - to go back over again
   • backtrack, double back, turn back - retrace one's course
   • cut back, flash back - return in time
   • home - return home accurately from a long distance
   • go home, head home - return home
   • return - return to a previous position; in mathematics
   • boomerang - return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang
   • bounce - come back after being refused
2. Give back (synset 202314987)
   "render money"
   is a type of: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
   subtypes: feed back, resubmit - submit (information) again to a program or automatic system
   same as: render
3. Go back to a previous state (synset 200387981)
   "We reverted to the old rules"
   is a type of: change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary
   subtypes:

   • fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress - go back to bad behavior
   • resile - return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
   • go back, recover, recuperate - regain a former condition after a financial loss
   same as: regress, retrovert, revert, turn back
4. Go back to something earlier (synset 200961556)
   "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
   is a type of: denote, refer - have as a meaning
   subtypes: go back, recur - return in thought or speech to something
   same as: come back, hark back, recall
5. Bring back to the point of departure (synset 202082541)
   is a type of: bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
   same as: bring back, take back
6. Return in kind (synset 202362071)
   "return a compliment"; "return her love"
   is a type of: reciprocate - act, feel, or give mutually or in return
   subtypes: redound - return or recoil
7. Make a return (synset 201435792)
   "return a kickback"
   referred to in: football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
   is a type of: carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
8. Answer back (synset 200818014)
   is a type of: answer, reply, respond - react verbally
   same as: come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte
9. Be restored (synset 200549233)
   "Her old vigor returned"
   is a type of: re-emerge, reappear - appear again
   same as: come back
10. Pay back (synset 202289796)
    "Please refund me my money"
    is a type of: pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
    subtypes:

    • reimburse - pay back for some expense incurred
    • restitute, restore - give or bring back
    same as: give back, refund, repay
11. Pass down (synset 201064275)
    "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
    is a type of: communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across - transmit information
    same as: deliver, render
12. Elect again (synset 202406438)
    is a type of: elect - select by a vote for an office or membership
    same as: reelect
13. Be inherited by (synset 202234332)
    "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
    is a type of: change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner
    subtypes: fall, light - fall to somebody by assignment or lot
    same as: devolve, fall, pass
    verb group: accrue, fall - come into the possession of
14. Return to a previous position;
    In mathematics (synset 202009631)
    "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
    is a type of: return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
15. Give or supply (synset 201632192)
    "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
    is a type of: create, make, produce - create or manufacture a man-made product
    same as: generate, give, render, yield
    verb group:

    • give, yield - cause to happen or be responsible for
    • establish, give - bring about
16. Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority (synset 200880549)
    "submit a bill to a legislative body"
    is a type of: submit - refer for judgment or consideration
    subtypes: report out - return a bill after consideration and revision to a legislative body

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