returns

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /rɪˈtɜːnz/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /rɪˈtɝnz/

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• Hyphenation: re‧turns

Verb

Plain form return

Third-person singular returns

Past tense returned

Past participle returned

Present participle returning

1. The third-person singular form of return.

Noun

Singular return

Plural returns

1. (uncountable) (plural only) The returns on an investment are the profits earned from it.
   • Synonym: profit

   This year's returns are the highest ever.

   The returns from farming keep going down.

2. (uncountable) (plural only) Returns are items that customers bring or send back because they are unwanted, broke, or don't fit.

   Our returns policy allows for returns within 30 days of purchase.

3. The plural form of return; more than one (kind of) return.
4. (plural only) If you wish someone many happy returns, you wish them a happy birthday and a long life.

   She wished him many happy returns on his 50th birthday.