return : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return
  

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• noun the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line
  

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• noun a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day
  

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• noun return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year
  declaration of estimated tax.
  

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• noun a decrease that follows an exponential function
  exponential decay.
  

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• noun an incorrect income tax return
  

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• (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.

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• adverb (often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation
  reciprocally.
  
  • gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out
  • we get many benefits in return for our taxes

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• noun document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
  return; income tax return.
  
  • his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return

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• noun a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability
  

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• noun a return filed by a husband and wife
  

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• noun a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness
  

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• noun a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment
  Rubicon.
  

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• noun the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost
  

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• noun the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered
  

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• a ball held by an elastic string so that it returns to the hand from which it is thrown, used as a plaything.

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• a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one above another.

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• (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings.

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• in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their previous movement in another flue.

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• noun the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
  return.
  

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• noun (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
  ROI; return on invested capital.
  

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• noun (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
  ROI; return on invested capital.
  

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• (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the boiler.

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• noun a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)
  round-trip ticket.
  

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• noun the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results
  

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• noun document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
  return; income tax return.
  
  • his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return

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• (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led by one's partner.

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• . A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons à nos moutons let us return to our sheep. To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. Humorous

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• a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line.

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