ADVERB
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(often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation
we get many benefits in return for our taxes
gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out
How To Use in return In A Sentence
- She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
- A freeloader is a person who takes advantage of others 'generosity without giving anything in return. Reddit.com: what's new online!
- He and Barton were now called upon for their names, and in return, we were favoured with the liquid and vowelly appellatives, by which our ingenuous and communicative acquaintances were respectively designated. The Island Home
- Relaxing, in amusement at her unwonted altruism of motive, she had drawn her moleskin coat more closely around her, and settled back to wait the other woman's pleasure in returning to the bright warmth that the pale-orange ribbon of light, wavering upon the swaying platform, harbingered. Undesirables
- In return for your skills, we offer salaries as stated, a comprehensive benefits package and the opportunity for career progression.
- At the various delivery points, the consignee often treated them to food and drink in return for other messages carried for him on the side.
- But as the barrel swung it would push a small piston that, in return, moved the hand lever.
- He agreed to give evidence in return for a lighter sentence.
- Unless they get something in return - like the abolition of car tax - road pricing could turn into road rage. The Sun
- In return for a bail-out of the currency, it would deflate the economy, impose a statutory incomes policy, and maintain a military presence East of Suez.