A formal tax statement on the required official form indicating taxable income, allowed deductions, exemptions, and the computed tax that is due. Also called income tax return, tax return.
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A pipe or conduit for carrying something, especially water, back to its starting point.
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A profit or yield, as from labor or investments. Often used in the plural.
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A recurrence, as of a periodic occasion or event: the return of spring.
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A reply; a response.
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verb-intransitive
To answer or respond.
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To go or come back, as to an earlier condition or place.
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To revert in speech, thought, or practice.
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To revert to a former owner.
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verb
To hit back (a ball or shuttlecock).
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To run with (a football) after a change of possession (as by a punt or a fumble).
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To lead (a specified suit or specified card of a suit) in response to a partner's earlier lead.
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To cause (as a wall) to continue in a different direction (as at a right angle).
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To respond to in kind .
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verb-transitive
Architecture To turn away from or place at an angle to the previous line of direction.
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Football To run with (the ball) after a kickoff, punt, interception, or fumble.
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Law To render or deliver (a writ or verdict, for example) to the proper officer or court of law.
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Law To submit (an official report, for example) to a judge or other person in authority.
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To elect or reelect, as to a legislative body.
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adjective
Given, sent, or done in reciprocation or exchange: a return volley; a return invitation.
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Having or formed by a reversal or change in direction; returning on itself, as a bend in a road or stream.
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Of, relating to, or bringing about a going or coming back to a place or situation: the return voyage; a return envelope.
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Performed, presented, or taking place again: a return engagement of the ballet; a return tennis match.
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Relating to or being a roundtrip ticket.
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