| abandon |
to leave behind with no plan to return or take possession of again; desert. [1/3 definitions] |
| act up |
to happen again or return, as an illness or malfunction. [1/2 definitions] |
| back |
in return or in reply. [1/10 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] |
| blackmail |
Let's say you did something bad and your brother saw you do it. You know he can tell your parents and get you in trouble, but he says he will not tell them what you did if you pay him some money. What your brother is trying to do is to blackmail you. He is trying to get money from you in return for not revealing your secret. [1/2 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 with the promise to return or replace. [1/2 definitions] |
| bounce back |
to return to a normal condition quickly or completely. |
| 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; purchase. [1/3 definitions] |
| change |
the money that one is given in return if one pays for something with an amount of money than is greater than the price. [1/10 definitions] |
| circulatory |
of or pertaining to the circulatory system, the system of bodily organs, including the heart, arteries, and veins, that send blood and lymph throughout the body and return it to the heart. |
| compensation |
something given in return for or to make up for something else. |
| Easter |
Easter is a Christian holiday that occurs in the spring. According to the Christian religion, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, returned to life on the third day after he died. The Easter holiday celebrates this return to life. It is held every year on the Sunday after the first full moon between March 21 and April 25. |
| elastic |
able to stretch easily without breaking and then return to original form. [1/2 definitions] |
| elasticity |
the condition or quality of being able to stretch easily without breaking and return to original shape. |
| employee |
someone who works for a person or business in return for pay. |
| exchange |
the act of giving or getting one thing in return for another; trade. [1/4 definitions] |
| exile |
the condition of being sent away from one's country and not allowed to return as a punishment. [1/3 definitions] |
| feudal |
having to do with feudalism. Feudalism is a political and economic system in which royal or noble families own the land of a region and allow people to live on and farm the land in return for a share of the crops and their service in war. |
| feudalism |
a political and economic system in which royal or noble families own the land of a region and allow people to live on and farm the land in return for a share of the crops and their service in war. |