turnaround
[turn-uh-round]
- the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
- turnabout.
- change of allegiance, opinion, mood, policy, etc.
- a place or area having sufficient room for a vehicle to turn around.
- the time required between receiving and finishing or processing work or materials.
- Commerce.
- a reversal, as in business sales, especially from loss to profit.
- the time between the making of an investment and receiving a return.
- Aviation. the elapsed time between an aircraft's arrival at an airfield terminal and its departure.
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Origin of turnaround
First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase turn around
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Examples from the Web for turnaround
Contemporary Examples
The following month, however, funding had collapsed and the project was put in turnaround.
Doomed Passion Projects of Hollywood: The Lost Classics of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and MoreMarlow Stern
March 28, 2014
“It is a turnaround,” Ozer said about the trial, which is scheduled to continue on April 21, with “Zona” remaining in detention.
Credit for much of this turnaround goes to the Fed, and some of it is luck.
America’s Economy Is Outperforming Rivals Because the U.S. Is Excelling at GlobalizationRobert Shapiro
June 8, 2013
The performance could spark a turnaround after what has been a difficult stretch for the Today show and, by extension, NBC.
Democratic turnaround artist Will Marshall on what Republicans can do to end their political losing streak.
Historical Examples
The turnaround in Milosevic's position was too sudden and Russia's support has always been more moral than military.
After the RainSam Vaknin
Only Hunter and his faded seat companion got out at the turnaround terminal and took the slideway to center-city.
The Cartels JungleIrving E. Cox, Jr.
turnaround
- the act or process in which a ship, aircraft, etc, unloads passengers and freight at the end of a trip and reloads for the next trip
- the time taken for this
- the total time taken by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle in a round trip
- a complete reversal of a situation or set of circumstances
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Also called: turnround
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Word Origin and History for turnaround
n.
1936, from verbal phrase turn around "reverse," 1880, American English.
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