# 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

## 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 Rufat Asadov [az]

### Literature

* Nostoi (Greek: 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 (Spanish: 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
* "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