Turnover
//ˈtɝnoʊvɚ// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period. countable, uncountable
"The company had an annual turnover of $500,000."
- 2 the act of upsetting something wordnet
- 3 The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc. countable, uncountable
"High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees"
- 4 the volume measured in dollars wordnet
- 5 A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (such as fruit). countable, uncountable
"They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast."
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- 6 a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling wordnet
- 7 A loss of possession of the ball without scoring. countable, uncountable
"The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss."
- 8 the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers wordnet
- 9 A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute. countable, uncountable
- 10 The act or result of overturning something; an upset. countable, uncountable
"a bad turnover in a carriage"
- 11 Synonym of runover. countable, uncountable
- 12 An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time. countable, dated, uncountable
Adjective
- 1 Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over. not-comparable
"a turnover collar"
Example
More examples"The turnover at my company is really speeding up lately."
Etymology
Deverbal from turn over.
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