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Return Ace: It's the shot when the opponent serves and you return the serve and the opponent doesn't hit the ball.

Punt Return: When a punt is fielded by the receiving team and advanced for better field position. The punt returner generally attempts to move the ball as far up the field as possible. Alternatively, the . . . View Full Definition

Purchase Returns And Allowances: A contra-purchase account used for recording the return of, or allowances for, previously purchased merchandise.

Product Placement: The appearance of a trademarked product (e.g., Budweiser beer or Apple computers) in a program-when the sponsor pays for such placement.

Private Placement: If securities are sold directly to an institutional investor, such as a corporation or bank, the transaction is called a private placement. Unlike a public offering, a private placement does . . . View Full Definition

Quick Return: A mechanism on some machine tools that provides rapid movement of the ram or table on the return or anointing stroke of the machine.

Quick Return Pitch: An illegal pitch, made with obvious intent to catch the batter off balance.

Racemic: A mixture of equal parts of the levorotatory and dextrorotatory isomers of the the same substance. Racemic mixtures are not optically active.

Race-Norming: The practice of adjusting employment test scores to compensate for racial differences.

Race: A subdivision of a species that is capable of interbreeding with other members of the species.