returns

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Noun

returns

1. Plural form of return.
2. (plural only; not used in singular form) Merchandise returned to a retailer or wholesaler by a purchaser.
3. (plural only; not used in singular form) Unsold merchandise returned to the supplier.
   • 2002, Irina Dunn, The writer's guide^[1], page 129:

     The number of unsold books that booksellers return to publishers (called the rate of returns) has been averaging between 25 per cent and 35 per cent.

Translations

unsold merchandise returned to the supplier

Czech: remitenda (cs) f.

Verb

returns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of return.

Anagrams

• turners

See also

• many happy returns