Definition of return

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Return (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie..

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Regredience :: Regredience (n.) A going back; a retrogression; a return.
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise..
Non Est Inventus :: Non est inventus () The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county..
Return :: Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document..
Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..
Homing :: Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To report, or bring back and make known..
Redient :: Redient (a.) Returning.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Rehibition :: Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand..
Money-making :: Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business..
Owe :: Owe (v.) Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate..
Farm :: Farm (v. t.) To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes..
Reply :: Reply (v. t.) To return for an answer.
Retribution :: Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To repay; as, to return borrowed money..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain..
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