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What does in return mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word in return? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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At the end of the day, private banks want to get their hands on customers' capital, which they invest with gusto in return for juicy fees.
After all, if someone has bared their soul to you, albeit of their own accord, shouldn't you give a little bit of yourself in return?
I hope to join the Marines and they will put me through college in return for four years service when my education is finished.
Offered his old job back by former boss Hunter, in return for taking on a case, he warily accepts.
He sold the land to the claimants and they granted him in return a rent-free life tenancy.
Motorists will also be able to have their bodywork brought up to scratch by a team of car washers, in return for a donation.

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