Return may refer to:
In business, economics, and finance
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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.
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Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment
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Tax return
A tax return is the completion of documentation that calculates an entity or individual's income earned and the amount of taxes to be paid to the government or government organizations or, potentially, back to the taxpayer.
Taxation is one of ...
, a blank document or template supplied by a government for use in the reporting of tax information
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Product return
In retail, a product return is the Action (philosophy), process of a customer taking previously purchased merchandise back to the retailer, and in turn receiving a :wikt:refund, refund in the original form of payment, exchange for another item (id ...
, the process of bringing back merchandise to a retailer for a refund or exchange
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Returns (economics), the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production
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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
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Taxes, where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities
In technology
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Return (architecture), the receding edge of a flat face
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Carriage return, a key on an alphanumeric keyboard commonly equated with the "enter" key
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Return statement, a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was called
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Return code
In computer programming, a return code or an error code is a numeric or alphanumeric code that is used to determine the nature of an error and why it occurred. They are also commonly found in consumer electronics and devices when they attempt to ...
, a method of messaging status in software
* ''Aux-return'', the input complement of an
Aux-send output
* "Return", synonym of "
register
Register or registration may refer to:
Arts entertainment, and media Music
* Register (music), the relative "height" or range of a note, melody, part, instrument, etc.
* ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller
* Registration (organ), the ...
", "grille" in HVAC system
In entertainment
Film
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''Return'' (1954 film), a
Hong Kong film
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, British Hong Kong, Hong Kong had a gr ...
directed by Lee Dut
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''Return'' (1985 film), a film directed by Andrew Silver
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''The Return'' (2003 film), a Russian film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
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''Wide Awake'' (2007 film), a South Korean film also known as ''Return''
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''Return'' (2010 film), a short film directed by Harri J. Rantala
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''Return'' (2011 film), an independent film directed by Liza Johnson
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''Return'' (2018 film), documentary film directed by
Music
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''Return'' (iKon album)
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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 hi ...
* ''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 of ...
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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), and ...
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* "Return", a song by Shed Seven from album ''
Let It Ride
Let or LET may refer to:
Sports
* Let serve, when the served object in certain racket sports hits the net and lands in the correct service court, such as;
** Let (badminton)
** Let (pickleball)
** Let (tennis)
* Ladies European Tour, the ladie ...
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* "Return", a song by The Wedding from the 2008 EP ''
The Sound, The Steel''
* "Return", a single by Natalie Hemby from
''Puxico'' (album) (2017)
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''Returns'' (album), a 2009 album by Return to Forever
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''Return'' (EP), a 2011 EP by F.T. Island
Other
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"Return" (''Law & Order''), a 2000 episode of ''Law & Order''
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"Return" (''The Secret Circle''), 2012
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The Returns
William Forsythe (born December 30, 1949) is an American dancer and choreographer resident in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is known for his work with the Ballet Frankfurt (1984–2004) and The Forsythe Company (2005–2015). Recognized for t ...
'', a 2009 ballet by William Forsythe
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''Return'' (TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series
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''Return'' (Polish TV series) a 2022 Polish TV series
In politics
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Return (Transnistria), a European political party
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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
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Return J. Meigs, Sr.
Return Jonathan Meigs orn December 17 (old style) or 28th (new style), 1740; died January 28, 1823 a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, was one of the settlers of the Northwest Territory in what is now the ...
(1740–1823), American Revolutionary War officer, federal Indian agent
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Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (; November 17, 1764March 29, 1825) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the fourth governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a United States senator.
Early life
Meigs w ...
(1764–1825), Governor of Ohio, U.S. Postmaster General
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Return Torrey (1835–1893), American politician
Other
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Return Point
Return Point is a rocky slope forming the south-west extremity of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It lies 2 km west-north-west of Cheal Point.
History
The point was discovered on 7 December 1821 by Captain Ge ...
, Antarctica
* In gridiron football (American or Canadian), "return" can refer to either:
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Kickoff return
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Punt return
In gridiron football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground. The most common use of this tactic is to punt the ball downfield to the opposing team, usually on the final d ...
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Nostoi
The ''Nostoi'' ( el, Νόστοι, ''Nostoi'', "Returns"), also known as ''Returns'' or ''Returns of the Greeks'', is a lost Epic poetry, epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Epic Cycle, that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the ent ...
'' ("Returns"), a lost ancient Greek epic
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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 paribu ...
, referring to a decrease of efficiency with scaling
See also
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The Return (disambiguation) The Return may refer to:
Print media
* ''Nostoi'' or ''Returns'', a lost poem in ancient Greek, thought to have been completed in the sixth or seventh century BC
*The Return, a 1987 children book by Sonia Levitin
* ''The Return'' (de la Mare n ...
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Return channel
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