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returned

v.
B1 Intermediate US //ɹiˈtɝnd// UK //ɹɪtˈɜːnd// re·turned

v. to give or send something back to its original place or owner. In business, you use this when you send back a product or when an investment earns a profit.

v. to send, give, or put something back in its former place or state; to yield a profit or rate of interest. Transitive when referring to objects or funds; intransitive when referring to a person's movement.


SIMPLE

She returned the faulty laptop to the store for a refund.

CONTEXTUAL

The investment portfolio returned a ten percent profit within the first fiscal quarter of the year.

COMPLEX

While the customer returned the damaged goods promptly, the accounting department struggled to process the credit note before the end of the monthly billing cycle.

Synonyms
Usage

Transitive when an object is being sent back; intransitive when a person is physically moving back to a location.

Pitfall

I returned back to the officeI returned to the officeReturned already means 'went back', so adding 'back' is redundant.

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