turnover
/ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/ noun C1- The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period. · The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.
- The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc. · High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees.· Job dissatisfaction results in high turnover.
- A 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.
- A loss of possession of the ball without scoring. · The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.
- A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
- An act or process of turning something over. · a turnover in leadership
- The act or result of overturning something; an upset. · a bad turnover in a carriage
- Synonym of runover.
Plural turnovers
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