turnover

plural turnovers

1. countableuncountableThe amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.

   The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.

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   Across Europe, the sector accounts for turnover of €4 billion and employs around 25,000 people, with epoxies being present in many different products across the sector.

   2017 August 28, “THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE OF EPOXY RESINS”, in Epoxy Resin Committee, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021, page 3

2. countableuncountableThe frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.

   Job dissatisfaction results in high turnover.

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   High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees.

   Those apartments have a high turnover because they are too close to the railroad tracks.

   In the case of pathological hypercoagulative conditions such as thrombosis and embolism, 4-hydroxycoumarin based oral anticoagulants, including warfarin as a well-known example, are administered to block the enzymatic function of VKORC1, effectively diminishing turnover of the vitamin K cycle.

   2015 July 29, Carville G. Bevans et al., “Phylogeny of the Vitamin K 2,3-Epoxide Reductase (VKOR) Family and Evolutionary Relationship to the Disulfide Bond Formation Protein B (DsbB) Family”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2025

3. countableuncountableA semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (such as fruit).

   They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.

4. countableuncountablehobbiesA loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

   The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.

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   Australia’s 18 turnovers were a costly case of self-harm. So, too, were the two interception tries that ultimately wrecked any chance of Michael Cheika’s side ending their recent grim sequence against the Poms. […] Slick use of the resulting turnover ball gave Koroibete the space to burn off Daly, only the third try England have so far conceded in this tournament.

   2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2020

5. countableuncountableA measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
6. countableuncountableAn act or process of turning something over.

   a turnover in leadership

7. countableuncountableThe act or result of overturning something; an upset.

   a bad turnover in a carriage

8. countableuncountablemediaSynonym of runover.

   Synonyms: runover

9. countabledateduncountableAn apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

1. not comparableCapable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.

   a turnover collar

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   Chamoisette glove samples for spring show some very swagger styles with gauntlet tops and turnover cuffs piped and embroidered with harmonious contrasts.

   1922, Women's Wear, Toronto, volume 6, page 51