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turnover

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turn·o·ver  (tûrnvr)
n.
1. The act of turning over; an upset or overthrow.
2. An abrupt change; a reversal.
3. A small pastry made by covering one half of a piece of dough with a filling, folding the other half over on top, and sealing the edges.
4.
a. The number of times a particular stock of goods is sold and restocked during a given period of time.
b. The amount of business transacted during a given period of time.
c. The number of shares of stock sold on the market during a given period of time.
5.
a. The number of workers hired by an establishment to replace those who have left in a given period of time.
b. The ratio of this number to the number of employed workers.
6. Sports A loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team, as by a misplay or an infraction of the rules.
adj.
Capable of being turned or folded down or over: a turnover collar.
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Noun1.turnoverturnover - the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
2.turnoverturnover - a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
apple turnover - turnover with an apple filling
knish - (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack
pirogi, piroshki, pirozhki - small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried
samosa - small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot
3.turnoverturnover - the volume measured in dollars; "the store's dollar volume continues to rise"
bulk, volume, mass - the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
4.turnoverturnover - the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
upending, inversion - turning upside down; setting on end

turnover
2. movement, replacement, coming and going, change
Translations
Spanish turnover [ˈtəːnəuvəʳ] n (COMM) (= amount of money); facturación f [of goods] → movimiento;
there is a rapid turnover in staff → hay mucho movimiento de personal

French turnover [ˈtəːnəuvəʳ] turn n (Comm) (= amount of money); chiffre m d'affaires: [of goods]; roulement m [of staff]; renouvellement m, changement m;
(Culin) → sorte de chausson;
there is a rapid turnover in staff → le personnel change souvent

German turnover [ˈtəːnəuvəʳ] turn n (Comm) (amount of money) → Umsatz m;
(000) [of staff] → Fluktuation f;
(Culin);
apple turnover → Apfeltasche f;
there is a rapid turnover in staff turn → der Personalbestand wechselt ständig

Italian turnover [ˈtəːnəuvəʳ] n (COMM) (= amount of money); giro di affari: [of goods] → smercio;
(CULIN): apple etc turnover → sfogliatella alle mele etc;
there is a rapid turnover in staff → c'è un ricambio molto rapido di personale

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(2) Nothing is to be gained by reversing into a following gale, and there is always risk of a turnover.
Mamma, however, is only going to bring Mary and Gus and Fred and Adelaide abroad with her; the others will remain at Kingscote until February (about the 3d), when they will go to Eastbourne for a month with Miss Turnover, the new governess, who has turned out such a very nice person.
Instead of shoes, the old man wore boots with turnover tops and his blue coat had wide cuffs of gold braid.
 
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