Return may refer to:

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

Literature

  • Nostoi (, 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 (), 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