returns

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of return
2. (plural, plural-only)Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.

   “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.”

3. A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
4. The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
5. The return of the soldiers fit for duty.

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of return