quick returnadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌkwɪk rᵻˈtəːn/, U.S.

/ˌkwɪk rəˈtərn/,

/ˌkwɪk riˈtərn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., return n.

Etymology: < quick adj. + return n. Compare earlier quick-returning adj. at quick adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 2a.

Mechanics.

A. adj.

Usually with hyphen. Designating a motion or mechanism that rapidly returns a part of a machine which has just performed an action to the point from which it can repeat the action.

ΚΠ

1852 Sci. Amer. 30 Oct. 49/2 The feeding motion is as usual;..a strap between the riggers..giving the quick return motion for the rack.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1947/2 Quick-return Gearing, gear for causing the rapid return of the bed after the tool has completed each cut.

1913 J. B. Davidson Agric. Engin. 289 All jacks should have a quick return motion for returning the wagon to place.

1964 S. Crawford Basic Engin. Processes viii. 218 Shaping machines are fitted with a quick-return mechanism.

1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 81 Stanley Yankee spiral ratchet screwdrivers... Quick-return type.

B. n.

A quick-return motion or mechanism. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [adjective] > quick-action or return

quick return1864

quick-action1887

quick-release1905

quick-start1920

1864 D. K. Clark Exhibited Machinery of 1862 iii. §1. ii. 133 Machines..for shaping levers, cranks, connecting rods... The ram is moved by means of a peculiar crank-motion, with a quick return.

1894 W. J. Lineham Text-bk. Mech. Engin. v. 169 The tool cuts in one direction only, and the back stroke is wasted. To minimise this loss, and at the same time reverse the stroke without changing the continuous rotation of main shaft, ingenious motions called quick returns have been devised.

1901 Sibley Jrnl. Engin. 15 47 In all quick returns the position of the slider when its cutting velocity is a maximum must be known.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

b. (a) quick return. Cf. S.P.Q.R. n. at S n.¹ Initialisms 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun]

renta1225

winningsc1380

profita1382

profity1432

revenue1433

fruitc1450

luck?a1475

improvement1478

apports1481

penny-rent1502

importance1505

filthy lucre1526

rentally1534

entrataa1538

a quick return1583

incoming1596

entratec1599

advenue1600

coming in1600

income1601

intrade1604

intrado1609

ingate1621

audit1625

increment1631

indraught1633

velvet1901

1583 A. Hawkins in G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes sig. §.iii^v Such, and such commodities he had to sell..Whereby a quicke returne with profit woulde redounde.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. ix. 20 1821 So many by immoderate vse thereof [sc. of tobacco] are corrupted here at home, and the present benefit thereby accrewing in quicke returne, hindreth designes of better consequence there.

1690 N. Barbon Disc. Trade 83 Now the great part of the English Trade is driven by a quick Return, every Day Buying and Selling, according to a Bill of Rate every day Printed.

1753 Scots Mag. July 325/2 What maketh rich, is a small profit and a quick return.

1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 284/1 This sort of merchandise above all requires a quick return. A pun, and its recognitory laugh, must be co-instantaneous.

1855 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xiii. 113 What you want is a good investment and a quick return.

1964 Jrnl. Mod. Afr. Stud. 2 276 The Government's economic policy, as it worked out in practice, flatly contradicted its expressed intention of concentrating upon projects showing a quick return.

2006 G. H. Holthaus From Farm to Table v. xiv. 270 What most financial backers want is a quick return on their investment.

单词	quick return
释义	quick returnadj.n. Brit. /ˌkwɪk rᵻˈtəːn/, U.S. /ˌkwɪk rəˈtərn/, /ˌkwɪk riˈtərn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., return n. Etymology: < quick adj. + return n. Compare earlier quick-returning adj. at quick adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 2a. Mechanics. A. adj. Usually with hyphen. Designating a motion or mechanism that rapidly returns a part of a machine which has just performed an action to the point from which it can repeat the action. ΚΠ 1852 Sci. Amer. 30 Oct. 49/2 The feeding motion is as usual;..a strap between the riggers..giving the quick return motion for the rack. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1947/2 Quick-return Gearing, gear for causing the rapid return of the bed after the tool has completed each cut. 1913 J. B. Davidson Agric. Engin. 289 All jacks should have a quick return motion for returning the wagon to place. 1964 S. Crawford Basic Engin. Processes viii. 218 Shaping machines are fitted with a quick-return mechanism. 1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 81 Stanley Yankee spiral ratchet screwdrivers... Quick-return type. B. n. A quick-return motion or mechanism. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [adjective] > quick-action or return quick return1864 quick-action1887 quick-release1905 quick-start1920 1864 D. K. Clark Exhibited Machinery of 1862 iii. §1. ii. 133 Machines..for shaping levers, cranks, connecting rods... The ram is moved by means of a peculiar crank-motion, with a quick return. 1894 W. J. Lineham Text-bk. Mech. Engin. v. 169 The tool cuts in one direction only, and the back stroke is wasted. To minimise this loss, and at the same time reverse the stroke without changing the continuous rotation of main shaft, ingenious motions called quick returns have been devised. 1901 Sibley Jrnl. Engin. 15 47 In all quick returns the position of the slider when its cutting velocity is a maximum must be known. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas (a) quick return b. (a) quick return. Cf. S.P.Q.R. n. at S n.¹ Initialisms 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] renta1225 winningsc1380 profita1382 profity1432 revenue1433 fruitc1450 luck?a1475 improvement1478 apports1481 penny-rent1502 importance1505 filthy lucre1526 rentally1534 entrataa1538 a quick return1583 incoming1596 entratec1599 advenue1600 coming in1600 income1601 intrade1604 intrado1609 ingate1621 audit1625 increment1631 indraught1633 velvet1901 1583 A. Hawkins in G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes sig. §.iii^v Such, and such commodities he had to sell..Whereby a quicke returne with profit woulde redounde. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. ix. 20 1821 So many by immoderate vse thereof [sc. of tobacco] are corrupted here at home, and the present benefit thereby accrewing in quicke returne, hindreth designes of better consequence there. 1690 N. Barbon Disc. Trade 83 Now the great part of the English Trade is driven by a quick Return, every Day Buying and Selling, according to a Bill of Rate every day Printed. 1753 Scots Mag. July 325/2 What maketh rich, is a small profit and a quick return. 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 284/1 This sort of merchandise above all requires a quick return. A pun, and its recognitory laugh, must be co-instantaneous. 1855 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xiii. 113 What you want is a good investment and a quick return. 1964 Jrnl. Mod. Afr. Stud. 2 276 The Government's economic policy, as it worked out in practice, flatly contradicted its expressed intention of concentrating upon projects showing a quick return. 2006 G. H. Holthaus From Farm to Table v. xiv. 270 What most financial backers want is a quick return on their investment. extracted from returnn. < adj.n.1852 as lemmas
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quick returnadj.n.

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