turnover
/'tə:n,ouvə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act of upsetting or overturning something: "turnover" can refer to the action of something being tipped over or overturned.
- The amount of business done in a given period; gross revenue: "turnover" commonly means the total value of sales made by a business within a specific period.
- A type of food, typically a pastry: "turnover" is a baked food item made by placing a filling on a piece of dough and folding it over.
- The rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced: "turnover" describes the ratio of the number of workers who leave a company to the average number of workers during a period.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The canoe's turnover in the rapids was sudden and frightening. (The act of upsetting)
- The company's annual turnover exceeded one million dollars. (Gross revenue)
- She bought an apple turnover from the bakery. (A type of pastry)
- High employee turnover can be costly for a business. (Rate of employee replacement)
Advanced Usage
- "Inventory turnover": a measure of how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a period.
- A high inventory turnover rate indicates strong sales.
- "Turnover ratio": a general term for any ratio measuring the rate of replacement or renewal of assets, members, or items.
- The fund manager analyzed the portfolio's turnover ratio.
Variants and Related Words
- Overturn (verb): to turn over or cause to turn over.
- The strong wind overturned the table.
- Turn over (phrasal verb): to give something to someone in authority; to rotate or flip.
- Please turn over the document to your manager.
Synonyms
- Revenue: income, especially from sales.
- Attrition: a gradual reduction in workforce by employees leaving and not being replaced.
- Pasty: a baked pastry filled with meat or vegetables (similar food item).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Turn over a new leaf: to start behaving in a better way.
- After the incident, he decided to turn over a new leaf.
- Turn over to: to transfer responsibility or control to someone.
- He will turn over the project to his successor next week.
Related Idioms
- A quick turnover: a fast rate of selling goods and replacing stock, or a fast rate of employee replacement.
- The shop in the airport has a very quick turnover of souvenirs.
Noun
- the act of upsetting something
- he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
- the volume measured in dollars
- the store's dollar volume continues to rise
- a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling
- the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers