He would promise a higher than average return on the investments.

By industry standards, those are good odds promising a huge return.

They look for stocks that seem to promise returns of at least 20 percent a year, on average.

By promising a return to the old standards, though, he lured back many of the workers.

Martin left his coffee on the table, as if to promise a prompt return.

Then I did the same with my spouse, and hung up, promising a return by the end of one week.

They promised a triumphant return to the division A in the 2011-2012.

Then, of course, they would have to find a stock that promises bigger returns.

The company was the first to promise a tenfold return on the $35 investment after one year.

Though promising a return to growth today, he was vague about when, saying only that 1989 would be a year of "transition."