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Return may refer to:

In business, economics, and finance

* Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense.
* Rate of return, 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), the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production
* Abnormal return, denoting the difference in behaviour between one stock and the overall stock market
* Taxes, where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities

In technology

* Return (architecture), the receding edge of a flat face
* Carriage return, a key on an alphanumeric keyboard commonly equated with the "enter" key
* Return statement, 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 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'', an album by David Rovics
* 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)
* ''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 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
:*Punt return
* ''Nostoi'' ("Returns"), a lost ancient Greek epic
* Diminishing returns, referring to a decrease of efficiency with scaling

See also

* The Return (disambiguation)
* Return channel

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