Returns Moderate

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

plural of return

"The warehouse manager spent all morning sorting through yesterday's returns from the regional distributors before restocking the shelves."

Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.

In plain English: Returns are things you send back to a store because you don't want them anymore.

"The company sent me a full refund for the returns I mailed back."

Verb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of return

"She returns to her office every day at five o'clock."

In plain English: To return something means to give it back to the person who owns it.

"The bus returns to the station at five o'clock every evening."

Example Sentences

"The company sent me a full refund for the returns I mailed back." noun

"The bus returns to the station at five o'clock every evening." verb

"The train returns to the station every hour on the hour." verb

"My aunt expects me back when her car returns home from work." verb

"If you don't use your library book by the due date, it will return late fees to your account." verb

Origin

Returns derives from the Old French retourner, meaning to turn back, which itself comes from the Latin revertere. The term originally referred to the physical act of coming back before evolving to mean financial income or data feedback.

Rhyming Words

rns arns wrns urns barns birns borns corns earns horns terns kerns ferns norns darns burns gurns berns yarns warns

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