I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a return ticket British English , a round-trip ticket American English (= a ticket to a place and back )
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How much is a round trip ticket to Boston?
a return visit (= when you visit a place again, or when someone you visited visits you )
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George was already planning a return visit.
be returned to Parliament (= be elected )
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Creevey was returned to Parliament as MP for Appleby.
call for a return to sth
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The Prime Minister called for a return to traditional Labour values.
day return
file...tax returns
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Today is the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns .
go back to/return to your seat
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The audience clapped as he returned to his seat.
rate of return
return a book (= to a library )
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Please return all your books before the end of term.
return a favour (= do something for someone because they have done something for you )
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He helped me in the past and now he wanted me to return the favour.
return address
return from exile
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Martinez returned from exile to the islands in May 1990 and was later elected President.
return match
return sb's deposit formal (= give it back to them )
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Your deposit will be returned to you when you leave the flat.
return sb’s call (= call someone after they have tried to call you )
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I left a message for her but she didn’t return my call.
return sb’s love (= love someone who loves you )
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Estella does not return Pip’s love.
return sb’s smile (= smile back at someone )
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I smiled at him, but he didn’t return my smile.
return sb’s stare (= stare back at them )
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I returned his stare and he looked away.
return sth to the library/take sth back to the library
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Have you taken those books back to the library?
return to consciousness
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When I returned to consciousness, my head was throbbing with pain.
return to normality
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We’re hoping for a return to normality as soon as possible.
return to sender
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a package marked ‘ return to sender ’
return to work/go back to work
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His doctor agreed he was fit enough to return to work.
return to/come back into the fold
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The Church will welcome him back into the fold.
return visit
return/be returned to power (= start being in control again, usually after an election )
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The party was returned to power with a reduced majority.
return/be returned to power (= start being in control again, usually after an election )
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The party was returned to power with a reduced majority.
return/come back etc empty-handed
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I spent all morning looking for a suitable present, but came home empty-handed.
returned an open verdict
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The jury returned an open verdict .
returned to normal
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Slowly her heartbeat returned to normal .
return/give/announce/deliver a verdict (= officially say what a verdict is )
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The inquest jury returned a verdict of 'unlawful killing'.
returning officer
sb’s return to power
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Churchill’s return to power had an immediate effect upon Anglo-American relations.
tax return
the jury returns a verdict (= gives its decision to the court )
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The jury returned a guilty verdict.
the (rate of) return on an investment (= profit from an investment )
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We expect a high return on our investment.
the return journey (= the journey back from a place )
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The return journey was uneventful.
the return trip (= the journey back to a place )
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A day or two later she began her return trip to Chicago.
yield...return
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These investments should yield a reasonable return .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
home
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Ken bought her a bottle of gin to celebrate her return home .
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She'd better make the most of the occasion and put her views on marriage more forcibly once she returned home .
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Since the children know they need their parents desperately, they attempt to return home after being deserted.
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After Jeffery's death in November 1771, Ainslie returned home and shortly thereafter made a map of Jedburgh and its environs.
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Joe could hardly believe his luck to have returned home in such good shape.
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After just six weeks she returned home and refused to go back.
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He returned home and began reading about altered states and spiritual experiences.
never
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He can probably never return to his family in Novi Sad, at least as long as the Milosevic regime endures.
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He may get caught by predators, like spiders, and never return .
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But it's possible the Wessex may never return to full service.
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We never returned to the churchyard after the fire.
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It was clear he would never return there.
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When he was 17 years old, he was expelled from school for revolutionary activities and never returned to the class-room.
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Most urban visitors will flee the scene and never return .
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It was Mr Oliver Wendell Holmes who said that a mind stretched to a new idea never returns to its original shape.
■ NOUN
call
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Before my 11.00am appointment I return two phone calls .
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Saatchi executives did not return calls seeking comment.
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Motorola did not return calls by press time.
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Mel returned his call on Monday morning.
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The Democratic Party machine did not return his calls , the media ignored him, but he kept driving.
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Microsoft officials did not return calls yesterday.
office
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Most staff return to the area office in mid-afternoon with samples to be sent off to the laboratory.
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What better proof of its virtue than that it kept returning them to office ?
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Slip re-attendance to be returned to the Office as soon as possible - Thank you. 5.
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In 1953, after Kennelly was returned to office and Stevenson had his unfortunate encounter with Eisenhower, Gill resigned as chairman.
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Only when he had returned to his own office did it occur to him to flick through his passport's pages.
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After making an additional copy, she returned to her office and started to highlight her key presentation points.
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The Conservative party was returned to office in 1951 and was to remain there until 1964.
trip
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I waited, but Joy never returned from that trip .
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When the students return from the field trip , Emily is dismayed when Gina does not get off the minibus.
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I had Mrs Abadie and Mrs Jackson, whose husbands had not returned from inspection trips .
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She would just have to find some way of avoiding physical contact until Dana returned from her trip to Hadrian's Wall.
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It was as if he was doing a parody of a president returning from an overseas trip .
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Morris returned from that trip fired with a new enthusiasm for captaincy.
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Jody returns from the road trip to find a copy of another fax Pete has sent to Alan.
verdict
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The jury at Nottingham Crown Court returned its final verdicts yesterday.
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But, again, he failed to sway the jury, which returned a first-degree murder verdict .
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Taking into account the thundering magnificence of your new single, the jury must grudgingly return a verdict of not guilty.
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The mostly white jury deliberated for three days before returning its verdicts .
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One woman juror winked at Liberace as she returned for the verdict .
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I could see it in their faces when they returned their verdict .
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Juries are becoming more likely to return guilty verdicts in tough-to-prove cases - and judges more likely to slap on longer sentences.
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On May 17, 1980, the jury returned a verdict acquitting the officers on all charges.
visit
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This time it was two brothers from Ohio returning from a visit to Disney World.
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Whenever a patient returned for a clinic visit , a urine sample was collected and was analyzed for ethanol.
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Students from Aqui-Terme will be returning the visit .
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Anne evidently hadn't returned from her monthly visit to her parents' home in Oxfordshire.
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And neither did Tutilo return from his visit to the lady of Longner.
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Mr. Bingley must also return their visit by visiting the Bennets, if he is not to be rude.
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Gail had returned from her visit yesterday almost in tears, saying that now Jane was refusing to be visited.
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David Tindle had recently returned from a visit to Paris where he had seen this painting for the first time.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(on) sale or return
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All are on full sale on January 23-Knave sale or return from Blackhorse.
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All available goods may be taken on a sale or return basis. 9.
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Booksellers normally order books on a sale or return basis.
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This may be on a sale or return agreement without asking for payment.
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What is the position, though, where the buyer resells the goods on sale or return terms?
many happy returns
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And, no doubt about it, very many happy returns, sir.
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Charlotte will be wished many happy returns by family and other visitors to a nursing home in Redcar, Cleveland.
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Next up we would like to wish birthday girl Fiona many happy returns.
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They went for more, but Nicky Hammond in the Town goal made sure they didn't have too many happy returns.
return the compliment
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As she pulled on a tan leather blouson, she eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment .
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Characteristically, Scargill is not returning the compliment and is not planning to co-operate with the alliance.
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Cheltenham's Tory faithful welcomed the Lady and she returned the compliment .
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Hardin returned the compliment with a blaster specifically borrowed for the occasion.
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I have ventured into the use of your name several times but you have not returned the compliment .
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If they failed to understand the settled peasants, the latter returned the compliment .
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One year later, the Eastbourne Road school is returning the compliment .
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What else to do but return the compliment ?
rise/come back/return from the dead
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A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune.
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Friends don't come back from the dead , Leila thought, rampaging through the corridor from the canteen.
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The single engine airplane business came back from the dead after the General Aviation Revitalization Act made it harder to sue.
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When Cardiff had come back from the dead , he had shrunk away back down the hessian-screen corridor towards Rohmer.
safe journey/arrival/return etc
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And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return.
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Birdland is now offering a reward for the safe return of the birds and the conviction of the thieves.
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He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey, but an aesthetically pleasing one.
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Meanwhile, the Spartan observers were politely detained, pending the ambassadors' safe return.
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The Everqueen herself gifted him with a heart-shaped broach which she had woven with enchantments for his safe return.
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Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey.
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Worse, really, because with ageing there's not the least possibility of a safe return.
the point of no return
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The dam project has reached the point of no return.
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By Joshua's time they had reached the point of no return.
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Foo was beyond the point of no return.
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In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the point of no return.
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Relationships with the union beyond the point of no return?
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Sailmaking We've reached the point of no return!
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Suddenly it passed the point of no return and plunged downwards.
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The fire is the point of no return for the Gaucis.
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The principal message conveyed by the leadership was that the Three Gorges project had reached the point of no return.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Return the pan to the heat and simmer for a further 5-10 minutes.
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Alastair returned from the office late that night.
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As the soldiers returned home, their wives had to readjust to living with them again.
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He had to return to India to look after his mother.
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I'm going to return these shoes - they're a little tight.
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I've got to go by Blockbuster and return those tapes.
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I left early, but promised to return the next day.
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If the pain returns, take two of the tablets every four hours.
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If there is a problem with the computer, you can return it to the store.
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It was a bright, hot day when she returned.
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Johnson carefully returned the document to its hiding place.
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Only 96 Conservative MPs were returned at the last election.
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Penny has still not returned the office keys.
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Sign and keep the top sheet, and return the blue sheet to the office.
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Since the end of the war, many of the paintings have been found and returned to their rightful owners.
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Their investment list returned a profit of 34% last year.
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You must return all your library books before the end of the year.
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Your passport will be returned to you when you check out of your hotel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a week it was to be returned to its owner.
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After loading up he will return to Save.
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And if you don't like your purchase, you can return it for a refund.
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He returned in the early 1970s and went into business.
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I tell her how excited I am to return to Oki for Obon.
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Juries represent the racial attitudes of the communities from which they came and to which they will return .
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Since moving out of the unprofitable world of defence, Trend has returned to profits of £900,000.
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Twenty minutes later he returned, shaking his head in a universal gesture.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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That gives an annual return of eight percent - more than from most building societies.
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Buying in that year and sticking with it through Dec. 30 would have meant a 16. 1 percent annual return .
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In combination, that would result in an annual tax free return of more than 30 percent.
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P 500, their compound annual return over the same period would have been 10. 06 percent.
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His next plan for increasing the annual return of ground covered, was to augment the work force as much as possible.
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That compares to an 8. 6 percent average annual return for all bond funds during the period.
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Each company is responsible for its annual return .
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The annual return averages 9 to 14 percent.
average
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And the average rate of return for this group was still 6%.
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Annualized average rate of return after expenses for the past 30 days; not a forecast of future returns.
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Some managers have stirred into the mixture riskier bonds that offer a higher than average return .
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That compares to an 8. 6 percent average annual return for all bond funds during the period.
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While the average return may be acceptable, the element of variability could imply a risk of financial loss that is unacceptable.
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If the spot yield is the average return , then the forward rate can be interpreted as the marginal return.
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During the same period, one-year Treasury bills produced an average annual return of 7. 5 percent.
expected
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This requires that the expected return from the short position exceeds the riskless rate.
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The greater the risk of non-payment, the greater will be the expected return for discounting.
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Suppose that the expected rate of return is written as.
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The horizontal axis is now calibrated in units of beta rather than the standard deviation of expected returns .
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However, expected returns can not be observed.
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Over the previous 12 months the portfolio underperformed its expected rate of return by just over 2.5 percent.
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This gives a sterling value, at this rate of £36,363.64 and is of course the expected return .
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But, largely for that very reason, assets do vary in both their expected returns and their riskiness.
good
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No doubt they have been promised a good party in return .
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Several investment advisers, however, cautioned that many people need a better return than the new securities are likely to offer.
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Anyone who bought before the 1988 boom has seen a good return on their investment.
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But workers also insist on getting a good return on their own retirement savings.
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If he had married Iskandara for her sheep, he had given good measure in return .
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In combination with interest payments, bond investors pocketed the third best annual total return since Calvin Coolidge was president.
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The savings industry continues to demonstrate very good returns for those saving for their retirement.
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It also means that investors might be tempted to look for better returns in the stock market.
happy
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And, no doubt about it, very many happy returns , sir.
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He smiled, happy with his return .
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Next up we would like to wish birthday girl Fiona many happy returns .
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They went for more, but Nicky Hammond in the Town goal made sure they didn't have too many happy returns .
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Charlotte will be wished many happy returns by family and other visitors to a nursing home in Redcar, Cleveland.
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And happy returns ... Lady Thatcher becomes Chancellor of the University she opened.
high
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This encourages them to chase higher returns by lending to less creditworthy borrowers.
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Bonds issued by riskier firms will pay a higher return than bonds issued by safe, stable firms.
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Mr Mason believes this sort of devolution will bring higher returns .
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In the late seventies, savings and loans began to lose depositors to money market funds, which offered higher returns .
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This service is a high return investment for lump sums of over £10,000.
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Since gilts pay a fixed annual rate of interest, you would be locking in a higher return before the rate cut.
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That was because the funds invested in derivatives that gave them a higher return , but with much greater risk.
safe
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Worse, really, because with ageing there's not the least possibility of a safe return .
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And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return .
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Birdland is now offering a reward for the safe return of the birds and the conviction of the thieves.
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The Everqueen herself gifted him with a heart-shaped broach which she had woven with enchantments for his safe return .
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Meanwhile, the Spartan observers were politely detained, pending the ambassadors' safe return .
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Already some manufacturers are offering incentives for safe return of batteries, so that they can recycle or dispose of them safely.
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The safe return of the Oldenburgs.
total
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The best results were for the Ford Motor and the Dana corporations which predicted 45 percent of the total variance of returns .
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Moreover, that 4. 69 percent total return means the average bond fund owner actually lost principal value in 1996.
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The net result is that the total energy return is less than the input.
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Domesticstock funds posted one of their strongest years on record, with a total return of 31. 11 % in 1995.
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When the yen rises, dollar-based investors see their total return increase.
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An accumulation, or total return , index of the two markets is calculated after the close of each trading day.
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Safilo SpA stock racked up a 74 percent total return as the manufacturer of eyeglass frames rebounded from years of declining profits.
■ NOUN
home
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I must not forget the back-up staff and the community staff who visited me so promptly after my return home .
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The warriors, in those days, he says, preferred to die rather than return home without dipping their spears in blood.
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The evening performance - a Mozart Symphony - didn't start until seven and it would mean a late return home .
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A trip chain is a sequence of trips beginning when a resident leaves home , and ending when they next return home.
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We will miss him in the Wear Valley area and wish him well on his return home .
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It is known that none of the three thousand or so of letters were received by the children until their return home .
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But anything I might do in that way would have to await my return home .
tax
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Reclaiming this tax involves filling in a tax return , including details of your salary received and the tax deducted.
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The ones that working... the only way they can do anything is to wait on their income tax return .
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If your child has already paid tax , he or she must complete a tax return to receive a rebate.
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Even the math behind a simple tax return carries assumptions that are open to challenge.
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These warranties would include general warranties as to: Compliance in making tax returns .
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One beauty of a flat tax supposedly is that tax returns would be simple.
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After all, few are burdened with having to complete annual income tax returns .
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And then they fail to make that decision until the tax return is prepared, if then.
trip
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Today's passengers have to make do with a 10-mile return trip to Twyford.
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It was on their return trip north that things went wrong.
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On the return trip the bus will travel via the Lake District.
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The final return trip was a substantial hike, involving a climb of nearly 6,500' in a day.
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A 12,000 mile return trip to the States, plus another 1,500 miles or road travel dictated a hectic computing schedule.
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Margaret is delighted to be making this return trip on what she describes as a warm and friendly course.
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And the same thing happened on the return trip West.
■ VERB
demand
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Soldier's parents demand the return of his body.
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A Prussian soldier spotted them and demanded the return of their booty.
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Clothiers in Baintree and Barking followed suit and demanded the return of thrums from their weavers.
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By the 1990s, large and institutional investors had abandoned the search for security and demanded instead fat returns on investments.
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Interestingly, it is the right that now demands the return of narrative.
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A largely black protest march was held here recently to demand the return of safe streets.
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This it did by demanding a return to the family and Victorian values.
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At the same time, investors are demanding a higher return to account for the added risk that patients may live longer.
diminish
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They have created new forms of entertainment rather than providing variations on old themes that inevitably have diminishing returns over time.
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Could advertising go the way of modern art, with the shock factor leading to diminishing returns ?
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One was the idea of diminishing returns , applied in this case to income or wealth.
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A law of diminishing returns applies to seed but not to pollen.
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For all of us there is also the law of diminishing returns that goes to work with each successive bite.
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A weakening of the yen against the dollar diminishes returns to investors who change their proceeds into stronger currencies.
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Property can be increased without limit; the efforts to safeguard it are subject to sharply diminishing returns .
earn
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The decisions are commercial: what will earn the best return on the investment?
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On the other hand, cash reserves do not earn any return for the bank.
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Do/can we earn an adequate return for the risk involved? and is there a clearly identified ability to repay?
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Using your Isa allowance: You can put up to £7,000 in an ordinary Isa to earn tax-free returns .
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Over liquid banks will have money balances earning no return , so that profit opportunities are being lost.
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And for three years, it earned its return , every month.
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Indeed he now questioned if the United States itself had earned an adequate return from its investment in the special relationship.
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In the meantime, you are looking to earn a high return .
expect
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Now they expect something in return .
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But if we expect effort in return for what we give, we usually get that.
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We expect a return on our investment.
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Salomon Brothers expects equity returns between 10 % and 15 % for the year.
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As with the Persian kings, military service was expected in return .
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Mr Moszkowski expects those returns to hold steady for the fourth and first quarters.
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The water companies have responsibilities to their shareholders, who will expect a return on their investment.
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Yet the effort, far more costly than anything ever attempted by any government, has not produced the expected returns .
file
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But not every company may file a consolidated return .
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Tax rebels offer numerous arguments to explain their refusal to file 1040 returns or pay taxes.
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The U. S. Treasury loses an estimated $ 130 billion each year because of citizens who underpay or file no return .
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On the other hand, some accountants say they will bill clients if legal changes force them to file an amended return .
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Under the Forbes plan, filing a tax return might require only two calculations.
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You do not owe taxes charged against your spouse unless you and your spouse filed a joint return .
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Tax software also can make it easier for taxpayers to file their returns electronically.
offer
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Part of the skill of successful development is in identifying and satisfying gaps in the market which offer higher than usual returns .
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In the late seventies, savings and loans began to lose depositors to money market funds, which offered higher returns .
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Lenders want low-risk outlets for their money, which also offer attractive returns .
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Tula residents grabbed at cash offered in return for forms they had filled in.
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However, Halifax is the first of the high street banks to offer generous returns on current accounts.
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Occasionally, the only possible controls are widely scattered or are unlikely to cooperate with a program that offers nothing in return .
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Fund managers aim to mix a cocktail of bonds that offer a return higher than the interest on a building society deposit.
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Poole offered in return the benevolent strength and practicality which Coleridge was soon to value so greatly.
produce
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Further increases in winding current then produce a diminishing return in terms of improved flux level.
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During the same period, one-year Treasury bills produced an average annual return of 7. 5 percent.
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Anhydrous caustic soda, hydrogen gas and phosgene, all well established product areas, are being developed to produce maximum returns .
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Yet there still are many Fidelity shareholders who came aboard years ago specifically because Fidelity produced above-average returns .
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Less concentrated manures also produced impressive returns .
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Yet the effort, far more costly than anything ever attempted by any government, has not produced the expected returns .
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The policy of artistic worthiness which had been pursued since Tubular Bells, three years before, had produced progressively diminishing returns .
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That would produce returns for the 30-year bond of about negative 7 %.
provide
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This limits their international ventures to those that can provide returns in the shorter term.
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If you can lock the money away, the stock market provides the greatest returns over the long term.
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Trade deficits mean we Let more merchandise from the rest of the world that, we provide in return .
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The accounts are largely designed to provide information about the returns achieved on that risk investment.
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For equity funds, the final column provides 52-week returns based on market prices plus dividends.
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They collapse and can die within hours-but a single injection of magnesium salts provides an immediate return to full health.
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This, we contended, could provide a financial return comparable to that from a new building.
receive
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The United States was receiving a good return on its investment.
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Janie smiled at them and received their smiles in return .
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Amadeus All guests staying 5 nights or more receive return rail tickets to Padua with lunch included.
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She is a 61-year-old housewife and does not receive a tax return .
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Whilst certainly they may receive something in return , there does not seem to be a pressure to balance out the gifts.
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I look forward to receiving a reply by return of post.
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The worker, in contrast, has only his labour to sell and receives only wages in return .
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Those financing the advertising of parties expect to receive a return on their outlay.
yield
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A car is highly illiquid, but yields a high return to the owner.
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Mailed questionnaires are inexpensive but yield a low return in terms of mail-back from respondents.
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Sport can possess the characteristic of a capital good, one that yields a return as part of a market production process.
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Y may be sold short and the proceeds invested in X yielding a riskless return for no investment.
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Noise/horror strikes me as a limited form of self-destruction, that can only yield diminishing returns .
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Partly for that reason, too many projects yield poor returns .
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The government and housing divisions were said to have yielded the lowest returns and action is promised to boost their performance.
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Casting wider for other presidential candidates does not yield a healthy return .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(on) sale or return
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All are on full sale on January 23-Knave sale or return from Blackhorse.
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All available goods may be taken on a sale or return basis. 9.
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Booksellers normally order books on a sale or return basis.
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This may be on a sale or return agreement without asking for payment.
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What is the position, though, where the buyer resells the goods on sale or return terms?
diminishing returns
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Technologies that helped rescue developing countries from famine in the 1970s have reached the point of diminishing returns.
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A law of diminishing returns applies to seed but not to pollen.
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But it doesn't take a crystal ball to figure out the diminishing returns involved in planning programmes around such disposable performers.
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For all of us there is also the law of diminishing returns that goes to work with each successive bite.
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It is a process of diminishing returns, as Arthur Holmes showed mathematically nearly 30 years ago.
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One was the idea of diminishing returns, applied in this case to income or wealth.
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The problem with chocolates is that they operate on a loss curve of massively diminishing returns.
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They have created new forms of entertainment rather than providing variations on old themes that inevitably have diminishing returns over time.
many happy returns
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And, no doubt about it, very many happy returns, sir.
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Charlotte will be wished many happy returns by family and other visitors to a nursing home in Redcar, Cleveland.
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Next up we would like to wish birthday girl Fiona many happy returns.
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They went for more, but Nicky Hammond in the Town goal made sure they didn't have too many happy returns.
rise/come back/return from the dead
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A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune.
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Friends don't come back from the dead , Leila thought, rampaging through the corridor from the canteen.
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The single engine airplane business came back from the dead after the General Aviation Revitalization Act made it harder to sue.
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When Cardiff had come back from the dead , he had shrunk away back down the hessian-screen corridor towards Rohmer.
safe journey/arrival/return etc
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And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return.
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Birdland is now offering a reward for the safe return of the birds and the conviction of the thieves.
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He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey, but an aesthetically pleasing one.
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Meanwhile, the Spartan observers were politely detained, pending the ambassadors' safe return.
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The Everqueen herself gifted him with a heart-shaped broach which she had woven with enchantments for his safe return.
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Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey.
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Worse, really, because with ageing there's not the least possibility of a safe return.
the point of no return
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The dam project has reached the point of no return.
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By Joshua's time they had reached the point of no return.
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Foo was beyond the point of no return.
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In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the point of no return.
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Relationships with the union beyond the point of no return?
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Sailmaking We've reached the point of no return!
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Suddenly it passed the point of no return and plunged downwards.
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The fire is the point of no return for the Gaucis.
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The principal message conveyed by the leadership was that the Three Gorges project had reached the point of no return.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Both sides are demanding the return of territory lost in the war.
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Most people get fairly low returns from their personal investments.
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She begged for the return of her kidnapped baby.
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The return on the initial investment was huge.
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The company offers the hope of big returns for people who buy its shares.
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Type in your file name and press return .
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We were anxiously awaiting Pedro's return .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After her return , she had spent the first week weeping, conscious of her father's tight-lipped disappointment and indignant fury.
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Eaton said large institutional investors today are putting more pressure on publicly traded companies to increase their returns.
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In return , you will receive a salary in the range of £11,586 to £16,176 pa depending on qualifications and experience.
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Increasingly, businesses began to call for a return on their investment in public education.
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Note was taken that Ned had failed to advise the twelfth floor of Barley's drunken breakout after his return from Leningrad.
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The first two nights had passed in sheer misery, as he sat up waiting, praying for her return .
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The time period that funds can be invested is critical in maximizing the returns from investments.
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This return to a leaner structure is a direct result of the downturn in sales in key areas such as Impressionist paintings.
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
address
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L.P.E has many database functions for storing commonly used addresses and can automatically print a return address on each envelope if required.
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And there will need to be a note on return address , return by date etc.
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Not only is the return address on the e-mail almost certainly fraudulent, but responding to spam creates more traffic.
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Apart from noting the return addresses on the envelope, those who stayed didn't think much about the world outside.
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The return address was left blank, and a list of suspects could prove endless.
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In some cases they note the original postmark and return address .
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Sandarusi said he did not notice a return address .
call
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If you phone, you might get a return call , but from a different number.
flight
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This includes return flights , transfers, all meals and drinks, nightly entertainment, non-motorised watersports and activities.
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We often placed caches of them near the action to cut the wasted time of return flights .
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Each tour includes a return flight from Gatwick to Berlin, with transfers to and from your Berlin hotel.
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I never took the return flight home.
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En route, Shaker instructed two ships to join him on the return flight .
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In late afternoon the return flight begins.
journey
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The return journey would take another three days.
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Kyoto I filed away for a return journey .
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I run the nets out to the full extent and erect them on the return journey .
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It is best to retrace your steps for the return journey .
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The incident had happened on the return journey .
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It will wrap around this needle on the return journey .
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Florence is included in his return journey from Rome to Genoa.
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The return journey was supposed to start at half past three but there would always be a few people missing.
leg
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It then climbs the inevitably steep hill back up to Alum chine on the return leg to Bournemouth.
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His 62-year-old converted trawler conked out after leaving Newfoundland on the return leg .
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A flight could be confirmed even with just one passenger, if there was demand on the return leg .
match
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In the return match , however, Sheffield thrashed Derby by 34 runs to win handsomely.
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In the return match at the Basin Reserve he took five wickets in the first innings and scored a handy 42.
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Although, to be honest, I'd understand if he turned down the offer of a return match .
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The return match is to be held next week at Leeds United's home ground, Elland Road.
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I could hardly wait for a return match .
ticket
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The cost of the return tickets for Diana and her sons is more than £7,000.
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Nevertheless, in accordance with the regulations of the shipping company, they had all been obliged to buy return tickets .
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At the inquest they said he probably hadn't intended to kill himself because he had a return ticket in his pocket.
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What nit gave him a return ticket ?
trip
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Despite Morley Street's shock defeat by Chirkpar in that race last year, Jackson is tempted to make the return trip .
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Zubrin proposes burning methane with liquid oxygen for the return trip to Earth.
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Those last would not be required again until they reached the last mile of the return trip .
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It's a return trip in this category for co-winner Les Freres Taix.
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Some 250 passengers were booked on the return trip to Hamburg via Lisbon.
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He hoped he might encounter the girl in the Lotus Elan making the return trip .
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Another, on his first bus journey, noted down the name of a shop as a landmark for the return trip .
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Now, on the return trip to Lymington, he could see at least 200 white sails.
visit
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But when the Establishment booked a return visit for the comedian for 8 April 1963 it had problems.
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During his long walk home, he tried to figure out how to justify a return visit .
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The event was such a success that club members are very much looking forward to him making a return visit .
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Their elephant of a house was subordinate to no white mansion, and no Commonwealth Avenue calling cards urged return visits .
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Another statistic - 64 percent of Somerwest's 320,000 customers last year were paying a return visit .
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The crisis of the eighties occasions a return visit .
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There was some urgency because the return visit from Sochi was about to take place.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(on) sale or return
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All are on full sale on January 23-Knave sale or return from Blackhorse.
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All available goods may be taken on a sale or return basis. 9.
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Booksellers normally order books on a sale or return basis.
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This may be on a sale or return agreement without asking for payment.
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What is the position, though, where the buyer resells the goods on sale or return terms?
diminishing returns
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Technologies that helped rescue developing countries from famine in the 1970s have reached the point of diminishing returns.
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A law of diminishing returns applies to seed but not to pollen.
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But it doesn't take a crystal ball to figure out the diminishing returns involved in planning programmes around such disposable performers.
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For all of us there is also the law of diminishing returns that goes to work with each successive bite.
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It is a process of diminishing returns, as Arthur Holmes showed mathematically nearly 30 years ago.
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One was the idea of diminishing returns, applied in this case to income or wealth.
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The problem with chocolates is that they operate on a loss curve of massively diminishing returns.
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They have created new forms of entertainment rather than providing variations on old themes that inevitably have diminishing returns over time.
return the compliment
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As she pulled on a tan leather blouson, she eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment .
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Characteristically, Scargill is not returning the compliment and is not planning to co-operate with the alliance.
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Cheltenham's Tory faithful welcomed the Lady and she returned the compliment .
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Hardin returned the compliment with a blaster specifically borrowed for the occasion.
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I have ventured into the use of your name several times but you have not returned the compliment .
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If they failed to understand the settled peasants, the latter returned the compliment .
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One year later, the Eastbourne Road school is returning the compliment .
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What else to do but return the compliment ?
rise/come back/return from the dead
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A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune.
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Friends don't come back from the dead , Leila thought, rampaging through the corridor from the canteen.
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The single engine airplane business came back from the dead after the General Aviation Revitalization Act made it harder to sue.
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When Cardiff had come back from the dead , he had shrunk away back down the hessian-screen corridor towards Rohmer.
the point of no return
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The dam project has reached the point of no return.
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By Joshua's time they had reached the point of no return.
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Foo was beyond the point of no return.
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In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the point of no return.
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Relationships with the union beyond the point of no return?
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Sailmaking We've reached the point of no return!
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Suddenly it passed the point of no return and plunged downwards.
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The fire is the point of no return for the Gaucis.
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The principal message conveyed by the leadership was that the Three Gorges project had reached the point of no return.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The return trip took about an hour less than the trip there.
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The sea was much calmer on the return voyage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apart from noting the return addresses on the envelope, those who stayed didn't think much about the world outside.
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Mulholland would later tell the valley people that his objective was simply to divert their unused and return flows.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer accepted a return ball from Dwight Yorke to complete the scoring in stoppage time.
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Professor Sano writes back by return mail.
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The return movement begins in October, but substantial numbers are not often present before November.
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Watch for the classic Fruko y Sus Tesos on a return engagement in November.