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  • NounBFreturnPREré-
    1. plural of return.
      1. (plural only) Merchandise returned to a retailer or wholesaler by a purchaser.
        1. (plural only) Unsold merchandise returned to the supplier.
          1. 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. VerbBFreturnPRreturningPT, PPreturned
        1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of return.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • I expect to find her on her return sprung into full possession & exercise of faculties of mind and I trust heart, hitherto undreamt of by any of us, & only drempt of by herself.
            • All the while, a bogeyman served him well—not a return to communism, Yeltsin’s scarecrow, but the chaos of Yeltsinism.
            • The Libyan leader's first-ever trip to the United States, expected in September for an address to the UN General Assembly, will mark a further sign of return from pariahdom.
          2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
            • Returning "emptyhanded" doesn't always mean that you didn't get what you set out for.
          3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.

        Meaning of returns for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "returns" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form and a pluralia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Noun forms
              • Noun plural forms
              • Pluralia tantum
              • Verbs
                • Verb forms
                  • Verb singular forms
                    • Third-person singular forms
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