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Definition of In return
1. Adverb. (often followed by 'for') in exchange or in reciprocation. "We get many benefits in return for our taxes"
Definition of In return
1. Adverb. in exchange, as a means of reciprocating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Return
Literary usage of In return
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"This we can see in that great community which constitutes the body politic, and
in which the cobbler gets, in return for his shoes, an equivalent of ..."
2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"This we can see in that great community which constitutes the body politic, and
in which the cobbler gets, in return for his shoes, an equivalent of ..."
3. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"in return he visited her twice in her illness, two months before lier death.
At the last he was prevented by a most serious malady from seeing her once more ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... promptly asks for Amenophis' sister in return; and when Amenophis demurs,
.... in return ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"A carrier which issues bills of lading to a shipper in return for receipts given
by a compress company for cotton in the lai- ter's custody is liable for ..."
6. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1908)
"... to whom are committed (in subservience to the law of the land) the care and
protection of the community; and to whom, in return, the duty and allegiance ..."
7. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"This we can see in that great community which constitutes the body politic, and
in which the cobbler gets, in return for his shoes, an equivalent of ..."
8. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"This we can see in that great community which constitutes the body politic, and
in which the cobbler gets, in return for his shoes, an equivalent of ..."
9. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"in return he visited her twice in her illness, two months before lier death.
At the last he was prevented by a most serious malady from seeing her once more ..."
10. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... promptly asks for Amenophis' sister in return; and when Amenophis demurs,
.... in return ..."
11. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"A carrier which issues bills of lading to a shipper in return for receipts given
by a compress company for cotton in the lai- ter's custody is liable for ..."
12. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1908)
"... to whom are committed (in subservience to the law of the land) the care and
protection of the community; and to whom, in return, the duty and allegiance ..."
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