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returns

nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ɹɪˈtɜːnz//
  • United States//ɹɪˈtɝnz//

Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of returnplural of return

noun

  1. 1

    Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.

    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. 2

    A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.

  3. 3

    The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.

  4. 4

    The return of the soldiers fit for duty.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of returnthird-person singular simple present indicative of return

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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).