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[return] RETURN may refer to:
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** In business, economics, and finance
- Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense. - Rate of return , the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment - Tax return , a blank document or template supplied by a government for use in the reporting of tax information - Product return , the process of bringing back merchandise to a retailer for a refund or exchange - Returns (economics) , the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production - Abnormal return , denoting the difference in behaviour between one stock and the overall stock market - Taxes , where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities
** In technology
- Return (architecture) , the receding edge of a flat face - Carriage return , a key on an alphanumeric keyboard commonly equated with the "enter" key - Return statement , a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was called - Return code , a method of messaging status in software - _Aux-return_ , the input complement of an Aux-send output - "Return", synonym of " register ", "grille" in HVAC system
** In entertainment
*** Film
- _Return_ , a 1954 Hong Kong film directed by Lee Dut - _Return_ (1985 film) , a film directed by Andrew Silver - _The Return_ (2003 film) , a Russian film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev - _Wide Awake_ (2007 film) , a South Korean film also known as _Return_ - _Return_ (2010 film) , a short film directed by Harri J. Rantala - _Return_ (2011 film) , an independent film directed by Liza Johnson - _Return_ , a 2018 documentary film directed by [Rufat Asadov]
*** Literature
- _Nostoi_ ( [el] , _Nostoi_ , "Returns"), a lost epic in ancient Greek literature, thought to have been completed in the sixth or seventh century BC - _Return_ , a 1997 novel by Al Sarrantonio , the first installment in the _Five Worlds_ trilogy - _Return_ , a 2003 novel by Karen Kingsbury with Gary Smalley , the third installment in the _Redemption_ series - _A Return_ ( [es] ), a 2005 novel by Alberto Manguel - _Return_ , a 2010 novella by Peter S. Beagle - _Return_ , a 2019 novel by Morgan Rice , the fourth installment in _The Invasion Chronicles_
*** Music
- _Return_ (iKon album) - Return (Jack DeJohnette album) - _Return_ (The Winans album) , 1990 - _Return_ , an album by David Rovics - Return (band) , a Norwegian 80s pop/rock band - "Return", a song by OK Go from the 2002 album _OK Go_ - "Return", a song by Shed Seven from album _Let It Ride_ - "Return", a song by The Wedding from the 2008 EP _The Sound, The Steel_ - "Return", a single by Natalie Hemby from _Puxico_ (album) (2017) - _Returns_ (album) , a 2009 album by Return to Forever - _Return_ (EP) , a 2011 EP by F.T. Island
*** Other
- "Return" ( _Law & Order_ ) , 2000 - "Return" ( _The Secret Circle_ ) , 2012 - "Return" ( _Succession_ ) , 2019 - "Returns" ( _Slow Horses_ ) , 2024 - _The Returns_ , a 2009 ballet by William Forsythe - _Return_ (TV series) , a 2018 South Korean TV series - _Return_ (Polish TV series) a 2022 Polish TV series
** In politics
- Election returns, denoting the resulting tallies of election ballots
** People
- Return J. Meigs Sr. (1740–1823), American Revolutionary War officer, federal Indian agent - Return J. Meigs Jr. (1764–1825), Governor of Ohio, U.S. Postmaster General - Return Torrey (1835–1893), American politician
** Other
- Return Point , Antarctica - In gridiron football (American or Canadian), "return" can refer to either: *Kickoff return *Punt return
- _Nostoi_ ("Returns"), a lost ancient Greek epic - Diminishing returns , referring to a decrease of efficiency with scaling
** See also
- Return channel - Returner (disambiguation) - The Return (disambiguation) - The Returned (disambiguation) - _The Returning_ , a 1990 Australia-New Zealand horror film [disambiguation]