Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being returned or brought back.
- adjective Law Required to be returned within a specified time.
- noun An empty beverage container that may be returned for refund of a deposit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being returned.
- In law, legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered: as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.
- adjective (Law) Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
returned . - noun Something that is returnable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective that may be returned
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Examples
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Today, "fully returnable" is standard in most of the book industry.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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"We specialize in long-term returnable IBCs, so our focus is on developing products that maximize the useful life-to-cost ratio," states Michael Spurrier, vice president, sales and marketing.
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If labelled returnable bottles are involved then it is worth using labels that will fall off easily in water (wet strength paper and water soluble adhesive) as described in the chapter on labelling.
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By contrast, the recently rebranded for-profit Vi (formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt and still run by founder and billionaire Penny Pritzker) in Palo Alto bordering Stanford University, which opened in 2005, offers a continuing care contract with an entrance fee that's 80% "returnable" once you move out of the community or die, and your apartment is resold (or 10 years after you leave, whichever comes first).
Eight Questions To Ask Before Buying Into A Senior Community 2010
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Now although the batteries are allegedly less environmentally friendly, the fact that the Prius is a hatchback and I value recycling means over the lifetime of the batteries 8 year warranty – but probably will last longer, I will have hauled enough recyclables such as returnable beverage containers; garage /flea market items; clothing donations; bus stop lawn chairs etc to have earned landfill credits against the battery disposal.
Another reason for me to be pleased I drive a Yaris « Stephen Rees’s blog 2008
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This is because they print them one at a time so they usually have to charge more for each book and they’re often not returnable, which is a standard in the industry.
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This is because they print them one at a time so they usually have to charge more for each book and they’re often not returnable, which is a standard in the industry.
March 2007 2007
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Polycarbonate is used to make food containers, such as returnable beverage bottles, infant feeding (baby) bottles, tableware (plates and mugs) and storage containers.
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But the traditional model of stuffing shelves with "returnable" books, many of which end up getting shredded by the publisher, is clearly unsustainable, as we explored in Part 3.
ReadWriteWeb 2009
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Such rings are non-returnable, meaning that if the man breaks off the engagement he doesn't get the ring back.
Freakonomics 2009
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