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full return

Full return is a status in which all of the money paid for a housing-related charge or deposit is refunded to the person who paid it, with no amount kept or deducted.

In plain English

This means the payer gets the whole amount back. None of the housing charge or deposit is kept. It describes a complete refund, not a partial one.

In context

Here, full return reports that the entire deposit is being refunded to the person who paid it.

Situation
Managing move-in, move-out, inventory, keys, deposits, and condition reports
What it communicates
reports that all of the deposit is being returned.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say when the money will be returned.

Examples

“After the final inspection, the tenant got a full return of the security deposit, with nothing withheld for repairs.”

Core meaning

“The move-out statement shows a full return of the parking deposit.”

In context

  • full refund Near Synonym

    Both mean that the whole amount paid is paid back, with nothing kept or deducted.

  • partial refund Contrast

    A partial refund means that only part of the amount paid is returned.