# returns

Pronunciation: say "ri-TURNZ" US /ɹɪˈtɝnz/, UK /ɹɪˈtɜːnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of return. — plural of return
   - Simple: Plural of return. Use it when you mean more than one return.
   - _Investors compared the returns on several different funds._
   - _She files her tax returns early every year._
3. Goods sent back to the retailer, wholesaler, or supplier.
   - Simple: Goods that a customer sends back to the store or supplier.
   - _Damaged returns are inspected before any refund is issued._
   - _The warehouse sorts returns by reason code each morning._
4. The act of rendering a writ back to the proper officer.
   - Simple: The act of giving a legal order back to the court official who must receive it.
   - _The bailiff's returns recorded the manner of service on each defendant._
   - _Late returns of the writs delayed the proceedings by a full week._
5. An official report of the soldiers fit for duty.
   - Simple: An official count of the soldiers who are able to fight.
   - _The morning returns showed two companies below fighting strength._
   - _Officers submitted their returns before the regiment broke camp._
6. Tobacco that is pale in color and mild.
   - Simple: A soft, light-colored kind of tobacco.
   - _The old gentleman favored returns, packing his pipe each evening with the pale leaf._
   - _A pouch of returns cost only a few pennies at the corner shop._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of return. — third-person singular simple present indicative of return
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of return. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The swallow returns to the same nest each spring._
   - _The cashier returns the correct change without counting it twice._

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