noun / verb
return
A gain or result produced by an activity.
The small investment returns a modest profit each year.
Etymology
The word for coming back extends to what comes back from an effort or investment. A return is the gain yielded by what was put into the activity.
More examples
- Her hard work brought little return at first.
- The fund returned six percent last year.
- They compared the returns from two projects.
Forms
return · returns · returned · returning