returnorder

noun
UK /rɪˈtɜːnˌɔːdə/
US /rɪˈtɜːrnˌɔːrdər/

A return order is a paper or message that says you must send something back.

The shop gave me a return order so I could send the broken toy back.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. An instruction telling a worker to bring something back to a place.

The manager wrote a return order for the missing tools.

3. A command in a computer program that sends a value back to where it was called.

The function's return order gave the answer to the main program.

4. An official request for a soldier to come back to base.

The captain sent a return order to the soldiers on leave.