(Accounting 会计; Finance 金融) to give or produce a particular amount of money as a profit or loss带来，产生（利润或损失）◆We have managed to return a profit in each of the past seven years.在过去的七年中，每一年我们都设法获得了赢利。◆Bonds have returned 2.2% annually.债券每年带来 2.2% 的回报。◆My investments return a high rate of interest.我的投资有很高的利息回报。  ➡  see note at profit (Commerce 商业) to take or send a product back to the place it came from because you do not want it or because there is sth wrong with it退货；退回◆We had to return the printer to the store because it was faulty.由于打印机有毛病，我们不得不退给商店。◆How do you process and store returned goods?你们怎么处理及贮存退货呢？  ➡  see note at exchange to telephone or email sb who has telephoned or emailed you回电话；回复电子邮件◆The support staff promise to return all calls within an hour.支援人员承诺一小时内回复所有的电话。 accounting rate of return annual return diminishing return rate of return sale or return sales return tax return total shareholder return