Return

Return may refer to:

In business, economics, and finance

• 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 (1954 film), a 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 (2018 film)

Music

• Return (iKon album)
• Return (Jack DeJohnette album)
• 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), a 2000 episode of Law & Order
• "Return" (The Secret Circle), 2012
• The Returns, a 2009 ballet by William Forsythe
• Return (TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series

In politics

• Return (Transnistria), a European political party
• 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

• The Return (disambiguation)
• Return channel