| abandon |
to leave behind with no plan to return or take possession of again; desert. [1/3 definitions] |
| account |
an arrangement with a store or other business wherein a customer is given certain advantages or access to special services, typically in return for the customer supplying certain information and, often, permitting various forms of advertising through mail, email, or other form of communication. [1/16 definitions] |
| act up |
to happen again or return, as an illness or malfunction. [1/2 definitions] |
| antistrophe |
in ancient Greek poetry or theater, the return movement made by the chorus in response to the previous strophe. (Cf. strophe.) [1/2 definitions] |
| atman |
(cap.) the universal soul from which all individual souls derive and to which, as the supreme goal of existence, they return. [1/2 definitions] |
| back |
in return or in reply. [1/8 definitions] |
| back up |
to return to an earlier point in one's story or account, or give explanatory background to what one is saying. [1/8 definitions] |
| bail1 |
money left with a court to make sure that a person who is set free after arrest will return for trial. [1/3 definitions] |
| benefice |
land held by a feudal tenant as a return for services to the owner. [1/3 definitions] |
| boomerang |
a curved wooden stick that can be thrown so that it will return to the thrower. Boomerangs are used as hunting weapons by Australian aborigines. |
| borrow |
to take something and promise to return it. |
| bounce back |
to return to a normal condition quickly or completely. |
| bribe |
something, esp. money, that is illicitly promised or given in return for privileges or favors, usu. to someone in a position of public trust. [1/4 definitions] |
| bring back |
to return (something) to its owner or to a store where it was purchased. [1/3 definitions] |
| bum |
(informal) to ask for and get, with no plan to pay back or return. [1/3 definitions] |
| buy |
to get in return for paying money. |
| callback |
a request to a worker to return to work, esp. after a layoff or after normal working hours. [2/3 definitions] |
| call back |
to continue a telephone conversation with (someone) at a later time, or to return someone's telephone call. |
| calm down |
to become less full of tension; return to normal. [1/3 definitions] |
| carrier pigeon |
a pigeon trained to return to its home base, esp. one used to carry messages from outposts; homing pigeon. [1/2 definitions] |
| change |
the money that you receive in return when you pay more money than the price of something. [1/7 definitions] |