turnover

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

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

2. 2
   noun

   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

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

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

5. 5
   noun

   The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

   a bad turnover in a carriage

6. 6
   adj

   Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.

   a turnover collar

7. 7
   noun

   the act of upsetting something

8. 8
   noun

   the volume measured in dollars

Etymology

Deverbal from turn over.