Return vs. Refund
Difference Between Return and Refund
Returnverb
(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.Refundverb
(transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.Returnverb
(intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
To return to my story...Refundverb
To supply again with funds.
to refund a railroad loanReturnverb
To turn back, retreat.
Refundverb
To pour back.
Returnverb
To turn (something) round.
Refundnoun
An amount of money returned.
If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a full refund.Returnverb
(transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
Please return your hands to your lap.Refundnoun
money returned to a payer
Returnverb
(transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
You should return the library book within one month.Refundnoun
the act of returning money received previously
Returnverb
(transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
If the goods don't work, you can return them.Refundverb
pay back;
Please refund me my moneyReturnverb
To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
Returnverb
(tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
The player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast.Returnverb
(card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.Returnverb
(cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
Returnverb
(transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
to return an answer;to return thanksReturnverb
To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
Returnverb
To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
This function returns the number of files in the directory.Returnverb
To retort; to throw back.
to return the lieReturnverb
(transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
to return the result of an electionReturnverb
To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
Returnnoun
The act of returning.
I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.Returnnoun
A return ticket.
Do you want a one-way or a return?Returnnoun
An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
Last year there were 250 returns of this product, an improvement on the 500 returns the year before.Returnnoun
An answer.
a return to one's questionReturnnoun
An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or soldReturnnoun
Gain or loss from an investment.
It yielded a return of 5%.Returnnoun
: A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.
Hand in your return by the end of the tax year.Returnnoun
(computing) A carriage return character.
Returnnoun
(computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
Returnnoun
(computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
Returnnoun
A return valve.
The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve.Returnnoun
A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
Returnnoun
(American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
Returnnoun
(cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
Returnnoun
(architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.Returnnoun
document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability;
his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax returnReturnnoun
a coming to or returning home;
on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming partyReturnnoun
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Returnnoun
getting something back again;
upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashingReturnnoun
the act of returning to a prior location;
they set out on their return to the base campReturnnoun
the income arising from land or other property;
the average return was about 5%Returnnoun
happening again (especially at regular intervals);
the return of springReturnnoun
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);
it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacherReturnnoun
the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Returnnoun
a reciprocal group action;
in return we gave them as good as we gotReturnnoun
a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player;
he won the point on a cross-court returnReturnnoun
(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
Returnnoun
the act of someone appearing again;
his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaitedReturnverb
come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
Returnverb
give back;
render moneyReturnverb
go back to a previous state;
We reverted to the old rulesReturnverb
go back to something earlier;
This harks back to a previous remark of hisReturnverb
bring back to the point of departure
Returnverb
return in kind;
return a complimentreturn her loveReturnverb
make a return;
return a kickbackReturnverb
answer back
Returnverb
be restored;
Her old vigor returnedReturnverb
pay back;
Please refund me my moneyReturnverb
pass down;
render a verdictdeliver a judgmentReturnverb
elect again
Returnverb
be inherited by;
The estate fell to my sisterThe land returned to the familyThe estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be deadReturnverb
return to a previous position; in mathematics;
The point returned to the interior of the figureReturnverb
give or supply;
The cow brings in 5 liters of milkThis year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of cornThe estate renders some revenue for the familyReturnverb
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority;
submit a bill to a legislative body
