returns

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɜːnz/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɝnz/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
  • Hyphenation: re‧turns

Noun

returns

  1. plural of return

Noun

returns

  1. (plural only) Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or 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.
  2. A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
  3. (law) The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
  4. (military) The return of the soldiers fit for duty.

Translations

Verb

returns

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of return

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