User Contributed Dictionary

English

returns

returns

Returns may refer to:

In economic, financial, and marketing affairs:

Return (finance), referring to the benefit derived from an investment
Return (economics), the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production.
Abnormal returns, denoting the difference in behaviour between one stock and the overall stockmarket
Diminishing returns , referring to a decrease of efficiency with scaling
Return on investment (ROI), a calculation used to decide on the wisdom of an investment
Taxes, where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities

account, account rendered, accounting, acta, agenda, annual, avails, beadroll, box office, brief, bulletin, cadastre, calendar, capital gains, census, census report, checklist, checkroll, cleanup, clear profit, commissions, count, credit, credits, disposable income, dividend, dividends, docket, dramatis personae, earned income, earnings, election returns, filthy lucre, gain, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, gettings, gleanings, gross, gross income, gross profit, gross receipts, head count, hoard, honor roll, income, intake, interest, jury list, jury panel, killing, landslide, lineup, lucre, make, makings, minutes, muster, muster roll, neat profit, net, net income, net profit, net receipts, nose count, official count, order of business, output, paper profits, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pickings, poll, proceedings, proceeds, produce, profit, profits, program, property roll, questionnaire, rake-off, receipt, receipts, receivables, recount, report, return, revenue, roll, roll call, roster, rota, royalties, scroll, statement, store, take, take-in, takings, tally, tax roll, the record, tidal wave, transactions, unearned income, wealth, winnings, yearbook, yield