Definitions from Wordnet 2.0

• the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
• a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
• getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
• the act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
• a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
• a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer''s tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
• happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
• the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
• go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
• be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
• answer back
• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
• go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
• pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
• make a return; "return a kickback"
• give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year''s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
• come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
• return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
• bring back to the point of departure
• be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
• pay back; "Please refund me my money"
• give back; "render money"
• return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
• elect again

Definitions from Wiktionary

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" ,
• a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" ,
• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction ,
• getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" ,
• the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" ,
• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" ,
• happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" ,
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" ,
• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed , 10. a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" , 1
• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" , 1
• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble , 1
• the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

A return statement is the information that part of a computer program gives to another part. In object-oriented programming, the term return is used by methods to perform an output. Much like when a button is pressed on a vending machine then the item you bought (hopefully) comes out, when an object performs a method, then something is returned. Specifically what is returned depends on an special identifier called a return type.

A return type is a required part of any method, because it tells the computer what the user wants to be returned to whatever called (used) the method. If an integer was expected, then typically the method would have a return type of int, as int is the common name for an integer in computer science. There are several return types that can be found to most programming languages.

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