IN RETURN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in return mean? 

• IN RETURN (adverb)
  The adverb IN RETURN has 1 sense:

1. (often followed by 'for') in exchange or in reciprocation

  Familiarity information: IN RETURN used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN RETURN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(often followed by 'for') in exchange or in reciprocation

Synonyms:

in return; reciprocally

Context example:

we get many benefits in return for our taxes

 Context examples 

She informed me, in return, that he had said the same to her that morning.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I will read it to you, and in return you must turn over these papers and let me have whatever bears upon the matter.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Obedience, rigid, undeviating obedience, was what was exacted of him; and in return he escaped beatings and his existence was tolerated.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Your regard; and if I give you mine in return, that debt will be quit.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In return to which, I heard a great shout repeated three times, giving me such transports of joy as are not to be conceived but by those who feel them.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

“That is in return for your services,” said the old woman, and she shut the gate.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The act of requesting that a person, business, or organization supply something in return for payment.

(Order, NCI Thesaurus)

Once the Witch struck Toto a blow with her umbrella and the brave little dog flew at her and bit her leg in return.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Think of Jupiter in Capricorn as Santa Claus, who gives you gifts and luck simply to make you happy, for he asks nothing in return.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

To be listened to and borne with, and hear the voice of kindness and sympathy in return, was everything that could be done for her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)