Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability:
— His gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return.

synonyms: income tax return, tax return.

Roget 594: description, account, statement, report; expose etc. (disclosure) 529; specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief etc. (abstract) 596; return etc. (record) 551; catalogue raisonne [Fr.] etc. (list) 86; guidebook etc. (information) 527.    delineation etc. (representation) 554; sketch; monograph; minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account; narration, recital, rehearsal, relation.    historiography^†, chronography^†; historic Muse, Clio; history; biography, autobiography; necrology, obituary.    narrative, history; memoir, memorials; annals etc. (chronicle) 551; saga; tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette^†; personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions; anecdote, ana^†, trait.    work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press; fairy tale, nursery tale; fable, parable, apologue^†; dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator etc. v.; raconteur, historian etc. (recorder) 553; biographer, fabulist^†, novelist.    ... show more

Roget 973: reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon^†, reguerdon^†; price.    [payment for damage or debt] indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation; reparation, redress, satisfaction; reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop; atonement, retribution; consideration, return, quid pro quo.    salvage, perquisite; vail etc. (donation) 784^†.    douceur [Fr.], bribe; hush money, smart money^†; blackmail, extortion; carcelage^†; solatium^†.    allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta^†, shot, scot; bonus, premium, tip; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi^†, dustoori^†; mileage.    crown etc. (decoration of honor) 877.    ... show more

Roget 551: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark^†, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste^†.    monument, hatchment^†, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento etc. (memory) 505; testimonial, medal; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    record, note, minute; register, registry; roll etc. (list) 86; cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; entry, memorandum, indorsement^†, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch etc. (mark) 550; muniment^†, deed etc. (security) 771; document; deposition, proces verbal [Fr.]; affidavit; certificate etc. (evidence) 467.    notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta^†, adversaria [Lat.], jottings, dottings^†.    gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack^†; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook^†, petty cashbook^†; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article.    archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics etc. 86; compte rendu [Fr.]; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle, annals, legend; history, biography etc. 594; Congressional Records.    registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment^†; tabulation; entry, booking; signature etc. (identification) 550; recorder etc. 553; journalism.    [analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape.    [digital recording media] compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.    ... show more

Roget 527: information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge etc. 490; publicity etc. 531; data etc. 467.    communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqu_e; representation, round robin, presentment.    case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news etc. 532; return etc. (record) 551; account etc. (description) 594; statement etc. (affirmation) 535.    mention; acquainting etc. v.; instruction etc. (teaching) 537; outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness.    informant, authority, teller, intelligencer^†, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece; informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard^†, spy, newsmonger; messenger etc. 534; amicus curiae [Lat.].    valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade mecum [Lat.]; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary etc. (journey) 266.    hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition^†, cue, byplay; gesture etc. (indication) 550; gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise; insinuation etc. (latency) 526.    information theory.    [units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword [Comp.], quad word, paragraph, segment.    [information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical media; random access memory, RAM; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.    ... show more

Roget 292: arrival, advent; landing; debarkation, disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d'honneur [Fr.].    home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder^†; resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey's end; anchorage etc. (refuge) 666.    return, remigration^†; meeting; rencounter^†, encounter.    completion etc. 729.    recursion [Comp.].    ... show more

Roget 283: regress, regression; retrocession^†, retrogression, retrograduation^†, retroaction; reculade^†; retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration^†; recession etc. (motion from) 287; recess; crab-like motion.    refluence^†, reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return; resilience reflection, reflexion [Brit.] (recoil) 277; flip-flop, volte-face [Fr.].    counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation^†, backsliding, fall; deterioration etc. 659; recidivism, recidivity^†.    reversal, relapse, turning point etc. (reversion) 145.    ... show more

Roget 277: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration^†; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back etc. v.; elasticity etc. 325; reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux; reverberation etc. (resonance) 408; rebuff, repulse; return.    ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist^†.    elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.    ... show more

Roget 755: commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration^†; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship^†; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy.    errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur [Lat.], permit etc. (permission) 760.    appointment, nomination, designation, return; charter; ordination; installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in; accession, coronation, enthronement.    vicegerency; regency, regentship.    viceroy etc. 745; consignee etc. 758; deputy etc. 759.    [person who receives a commission] agent, delegate, consignee etc. 758.    ... show more

Dutch: belastingaangifte
Polish: PIT

A coming to or returning home:
— On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party.

synonym: homecoming.

Dutch: terugkeer, terugkomst, thuiskomst, wederkeer, wederkomst
Polish: powrót

The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction.

synonym: coming back.

Getting something back again.

synonyms: regaining, restitution, restoration.

Roget 790: restitution, return; rendition, reddition^†; restoration; reinvestment, recuperation; rehabilitation etc. (reconstruction) 660; reparation, atonement; compensation, indemnification.    release, replevin [Law], redemption; recovery etc. (getting back) 775; remitter, reversion.    ... show more

Roget 775: acquisition; gaining etc. v.; obtainment; procuration^†, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift etc. 784.    recovery, retrieval, revendication^†, replevin [Law], restitution etc. 790; redemption, salvage, trover [Law].    find, trouvaille^†, foundling.    gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, pelf; loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument etc. (remuneration) 973.    profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income etc. (receipt) 810; proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit etc. (good) 618.    sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth etc. 803.    subreption [Fraudulent acquisition]; obreption^†; stealing etc. 791.    ... show more

Roget 145: reversion, return; revulsion.    turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm.    alternation etc. (periodicity) 138; inversion etc. 219; recoil etc. 277; retreat, regression, retrogression etc. 283; restoration etc. 660; relapse, recidivism etc. 661; atavism; vicinism^†; ... show more

Polish: restytucja

The act of going back to a prior location.

The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property:
— The average return was about 5%.

synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield.

Roget 810: receipt, value received, money coming in; income, incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds; gross receipts, net profit; earnings etc. (gain) 775; accepta^†, avails.    rent, rent roll; rental, rentage^†; rack-rent.    premium, bonus; sweepstakes, tontine.    pension, annuity; jointure etc. (property) 780^†; alimony, palimony [Coll.], pittance; emolument etc. (remuneration) 973.    ... show more

Dutch: opbrengst, emissie
Polish: utarg

Happening again (especially at regular intervals):
— The return of spring.

synonym: recurrence.

Dutch: herhaling
Polish: nawrót

A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).

synonyms: comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte.

Roget 462: answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder^†, rebutter, surrebutter^†, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription^†; antiphon^†, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement.    discovery etc. 480.1; solution etc. (explanation) 522; rationale etc. (cause) 153; clue etc. (indication) 550.    Oedipus; oracle etc. 513; return etc. (record) 551.    ... show more

Dutch: scherp antwoord, antwoord, repliek, weerwoord
Polish: odpalenie

The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed.

synonym: return key.

Polish: enter

A reciprocal group action:
— In return we gave them as good as we got.

synonyms: getting even, paying back.

A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player.

American football The act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble.

The act of someone appearing again.

synonym: reappearance.

Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.

Roget 755: commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize etc. (permit) 760.    put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.    employ, empower; set over, place over; send out.    be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.    ... show more

Roget 661: relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde etc. 283; recidivate; fall off again etc. 659.   

Roget 138: recur in regular order, recur in regular succession; return, revolve; come again, come in its turn; come round, come round again; beat, pulsate; alternate; intermit.   

Dutch: retourneren, keren, teruggaan, terugkeren, terugkomen, weeromkomen

Give back.

synonym: render.

Roget 790: return, restore; give back, carry back, bring back; render, render up; give up; let go, unclutch; disgorge, regorge^†; regurgitate; recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify; remit, rehabilitate; repair etc. (make good) 660.    reinvest, revest, reinstate.    redeem, recover etc. (get back) 775; take back again.    revest, revert.    ... show more

Go back to a previous state.

synonyms: regress, retrovert, revert, turn back.

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; rebound etc. 277; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.    turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps, dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home.    ... show more

Roget 104: repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize^†, hammer, redouble.    recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse [Comp.]; renew etc. (restore) 660.    rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all its moods tenses and conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions^†, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.    ... show more

Dutch: terugdraaien, terugkomen

Go back to something earlier.

synonyms: come back, hark back, recall.

Dutch: teruggrijpen

Bring back to the point of departure.

synonyms: bring back, take back.

Dutch: retourneren, terugsturen, terugzenden

Return in kind.

Make a return.

Answer back.

synonyms: come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte.

Roget 292: arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete etc. 729; join, rejoin.    light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down etc. (be located) 184; get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in etc. (ingress) 294; make one's appearance etc. (appear) 446; drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit.    come to hand; come at, come across; hit; come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon; meet; encounter, rencounter^†; come in contact.    ... show more

Dutch: pareren, riposteren, teruggeven

Be restored:
— Her old vigor returned.

synonym: come back.

Dutch: terugkomen

Pay back.

synonyms: give back, refund, repay.

Dutch: terugbetalen

Pass down.

synonyms: deliver, render.

Dutch: weergeven

Elect again.

synonym: reelect.

Dutch: herkiezen

Be inherited by:
— The land returned to the family.

synonyms: devolve, fall, pass.

Return to a previous position; in mathematics.

Give or supply.

synonyms: generate, give, render, yield.

Roget 810: receive etc. 785; take money; draw from, derive from; acquire etc. 775; take etc. 789.    bring in, yield, afford, pay, return; accrue etc. (be received from) 785.    ... show more

Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority.