return

transitive verb | re·turn

1. a : to give (an official account or report) to a superior (as by a list or statement) return the names of all residents in the ward return a list of jurors

   b : to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or tribunal the sheriff must return the execution…to the proper clerk within sixty days —J. H. Friedenthal et al. the grand jury returned six indictments returned a verdict of not guilty

2. : to bring in or produce (as earnings or profit) : yield

noun

1. a : the delivery of a court order (as a writ) to the proper officer or court

   b : an official declaration of the election of a candidate each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members —U.S. Constitution art. I

2. : return day

3. : an account or formal report (as of an action performed or duty discharged or of facts and statistics) census returns; especially : a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information —usually used in pl. : a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information —usually used in pl.

4. a : a report of the results of balloting election returns

   b : an official declaration of the election of a candidate each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members —U.S. Constitution art. I

5. : a formal document executed in accordance with law on a required form showing taxable income, allowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due — called also tax return

6. : the profit from labor, investment, or business : yield

7. : something returned; specifically : a paper (as a check or draft) calling for payment that is returned by a bank to the clearinghouse because of a defect (as lack of funds or insufficient endorsement) : a paper (as a check or draft) calling for payment that is returned by a bank to the clearinghouse because of a defect (as lack of funds or insufficient endorsement)