returns

re·turns
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UK/ɹɪˈtɜːnz/US/ɹɪˈtɝnz/

noun

Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of return
noun
  1. pluralplural onlyMerchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.

    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.

    2002, Irina Dunn, The writer's guide^(http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CwKUuUcdBPgC&pg=PA129&dq=%22average+rate+of+returns+(unsold+books)%22), page 129
  2. A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
  3. lawThe rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
  4. governmentThe return of the soldiers fit for duty.
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of return

Translations

Czech remitenda
  • remitendaunsold merchandise returned to the supplier
German Retouren
  • Retourenunsold merchandise returned to the supplier

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with returns

burns
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Cite this entry
APA

returns. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returns

MLA

“returns.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returns. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “returns,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returns.

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