turnover
Americannoun
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an act or result of turning over; upset.
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change or movement of people, as tenants or customers, in, out, or through a place.
The restaurant did a lively business and had a rapid turnover.
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the aggregate of worker replacements in a given period in a given business or industry.
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the ratio of the labor turnover to the average number of employees in a given period.
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the total amount of business done in a given time.
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the rate at which items are sold, especially with reference to the depletion of stock and replacement of inventory.
Things are slow now, but they expect an increased turnover next month.
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the number of times that capital is invested and reinvested in a line of merchandise during a specified period of time.
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the turning over of the capital or stock of goods involved in a particular transaction or course of business.
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the rate of processing or the amount of material that has undergone a particular process in a given period of time, as in manufacturing.
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a change from one position, opinion, etc., to another, often to one that is opposed to that previously held.
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a reorganization of a political organization, business, etc., especially one involving a change or shift of personnel.
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a baked or deep-fried pastry with a sweet or savory filling in which half the dough is turned over the filling and the edges sealed to form a semicircle or triangle.
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Basketball, Football. the loss of possession of the ball to the opponents, through misplays or infractions of the rules.
adjective
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that is or may be turned over.
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having a part that turns over, as a collar.
Etymology
Origin of turnover
First recorded in 1605–15; noun use of verb phrase turn over
Example Sentences
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Arenas had four first-half turnovers in nine minutes and didn’t hit a shot from the field until midway through the second half.
From Los Angeles Times
It was a frustrating night for USC star guard Alijah Arenas, who had four points and five turnovers when he was whistled for a charging foul — his third — running over Perry with 16:45 left.
From Los Angeles Times
High interest rates have also particularly curtailed discretionary upgrades that homeowners typically fund with financing, while a stagnant housing market has limited the home-improvement projects that come with housing turnover.
Still, it remained a small portion of the economy’s overall $31 trillion turnover.
From Barron's
Fairfax kept switching from man-to-man to a trapping zone on defense, and it produced lots of Cleveland turnovers in the second half.
From Los Angeles Times
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