| 单词 | return |
| 释义 | return return /; AmE / verb, noun
■ verb
ACCOUNTING RATE OF RETURN, ANNUAL RETURN, DIMINISHING RETURN, RATE OF RETURN, SALE OR RETURN, SALES RETURN, TAX RETURN, TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN
1 (Accounting ; Finance ) [+ obj] to give or produce a particular amount of money as a profit or loss: We have managed to return a profit in each of the past seven years. Bonds have returned 2.2% annually. My investments return a high rate of interest. Last year the company returned a loss of $157 million. We will deliver our pledge to return value to our investors. See note at PROFIT
2 (Commerce ) [+ obj] to take or send a product back to the place it came from because you do not want it or because there is sth wrong with it: We had to return the printer to the store because it was faulty. How do you process and store returned goods? See note at EXCHANGE
3 [+ obj] to telephone or email sb who has telephoned or emailed you: The support staff promise to return all calls within an hour. I haven't yet returned her email-I don't know what to say.
4 [no obj] to start doing sth again after a period of not doing it: When will you be able to return to full-time work? After five years at the Bank he has now returned to the private sector. Long-term investors were said to be returning to the market. They have returned to the negotiating table (= started talks again).
5 [+ obj or no obj] to go back or to bring sth back to a previous state: The unemployment rate returned to 6% last month. He aims to return the airline to profitability. Train services have returned to normal after the strike.
6 [+ obj] to bring, give, put or send sth back to sb/sth: Completed questionnaires should be returned to this address. The cash will be returned to shareholders via a special dividend. The bank returned the cheque saying that there were insufficient funds in the account.
■ noun
1 (Accounting ; Finance ) [U,C] the amount of profit or income that you get from a particular investment: In the grocery business a 2% to 3% return on sales is considered healthy. Equities have produced higher returns than bonds. Shareholders are expecting to see some return from their investment. The bonds guarantee a 5.6% return above inflation. an after-tax return on equity of 15% ⇨ EARNINGS, YIELD
a good/high/strong return ◆ a low/modest/poor return ◆ an annual/average return ◆ a negative/positive return ◆ to achieve/make a return ◆ to deliver/produce/show/yield a return
2 [C] an official report or statement that gives particular information about sth to an official body: a VAT return The vendor must file a final sales return within ten days from the date of sale.
❖ to do/file/make/submit a return
3 (Accounting ) [C] = TAX RETURN: As many as 15 percent of e-filed returns were initially rejected.
4 (Commerce ) (also product return) [C] goods that a customer has bought or ordered and then returned; the act of returning a product: All returns must be packed in the original packaging. Product returns are accepted up to 90 days from date of invoice. To initiate a return please call our customer service department.
5 [U] (also return key [C]) the button that you press on a computer when you reach the end of an instruction, or to begin a new line: To exit this option, press return.
6 [U; sing.] the action of giving, putting or sending sth/sb back: The company has filed a civil suit against him for the return of $730m. Write your return address (= the address that a reply should be sent to) on the back of the envelope.
7 [sing.] the action of going back to an activity or a situation that you used to do or be in: The appointment marked his return to the retail sector. They appealed for a return to work (= after a strike). She forecast a return to growth after two years of decline. The company estimates a return to the black (= profit) next year.
8 (also return ticket) (both BrE) (AmE round-trip ticket) [C] a ticket for a journey to a place and back again: A return is cheaper than two singles. the return fare to London
IDIOMS
by return (of post) (BrE) using the next available post; as soon as possible: Please reply by return of post.
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