What does returns mean?
Returns means plural of return.
Returns
/ɹɪˈtɜːnz/ · noun
Meaning
plural of return.
Definitions by Sense
- plural of return
- (plural only) Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
- A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
- (law) The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
- (military) The return of the soldiers fit for duty.
- third-person singular simple present indicative of return
Example Sentences
The number of unsold books that booksellers return to publishers (called the rate of returns) has been averaging between 25 per cent and 35 per cent.
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The number of unsold books that booksellers return to publishers (called the rate of returns) has been averaging between 25 per cent and 35 per cent.
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