turnover
NOUN · English
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 60 source-backed words in English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period. From a source of medium confidence.
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- The company had an annual turnover of $500,000. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- 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 14, “THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE OF EPOXY RESINS”, in Epoxy Resin Committee, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021, page 3:
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Definition: The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc. From a source of medium confidence.
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- High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- Job dissatisfaction results in high turnover. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- Those apartments have a high turnover because they are too close to the railroad tracks. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- 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:
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Definition: A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (such as fruit). From a source of medium confidence.
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- They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: A loss of possession of the ball without scoring. From a source of medium confidence.
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- The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- 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:
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Definition: A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: An act or process of turning something over. From a source of medium confidence.
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- a turnover in leadership Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: The act or result of overturning something; an upset. From a source of medium confidence.
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- a bad turnover in a carriage Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: Synonym of runover. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · dated · uncountable
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Etymology: Deverbal from turn over. From a source of medium confidence.
No related word is recorded for this word.