return

Reading level: easy

Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
  2. noun a coming to or returning home
  3. noun the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

Etymology

From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn.

In classic literature

Synonyms

tax return, income tax return

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