Return

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

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 Rufat Asadov

Literature

 * Nostoi (Νόστοι, 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 (El regreso), 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
 * 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

 * 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