# turnover

Pronunciation: US say "TURN-oh-vur" /ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/; UK say "TURN-oh-vuh" /ˈtɜːnəʊvə/

## Noun

1. The total amount of money a business receives from sales over a given period.
   - Simple: The total money a business takes in from sales during a certain period.
   - _Annual turnover at the firm exceeded ten million dollars last year._
   - _Investors compared turnover across the three retail chains before buying shares._
2. The rate at which stock is sold and replaced, employees leave and are replaced, or property changes hands.
   - Simple: How quickly workers, goods, or other things are replaced by new ones.
   - _High employee turnover forced the company to spend heavily on training new hires._
   - _Rental properties near the campus see rapid turnover as students move each year._
3. A loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team without scoring.
   - Simple: In sports, losing the ball to the other team before your team can score.
   - _A late turnover gave the visitors one final chance to score._
   - _The coaches drilled ball security all week to cut down on turnovers._
4. A semicircular pastry made by folding one half of a round piece of dough over the other to enclose a filling such as fruit.
   - Simple: A small pie made by folding dough in half over a sweet filling, like fruit.
   - _He warmed a peach turnover in the oven and ate it with his coffee._
   - _The café sells cherry turnovers dusted with powdered sugar._
5. The act of overturning something, or the result of being overturned; an upset.
   - Simple: When something flips over or is turned over, or the result of that.
   - _The canoe's sudden turnover dumped all our gear into the lake._
   - _A turnover of the compost pile every few weeks keeps it from compacting._
6. A runner's leg speed, measured as the number of strides taken per minute.
   - Simple: How fast a runner's legs move, counted as the number of steps each minute.
   - _Sprinters work on turnover with short, fast drills on the track._
   - _His turnover dropped late in the marathon as fatigue set in._
8. In printing and publishing, text that does not fit in its allotted line or space and continues onto the next line or page; also called a runover.
   - Simple: Words that do not fit on one line and continue on the next line.
   - _Each turnover in the index is indented to keep long entries easy to scan._
   - _The designer shortened the caption to eliminate an awkward turnover._

## Adjective

7. Capable of being turned over, or designed so that it can be turned over.
   - Simple: Made so it can be turned over or flipped to the other side.
   - _The shirt's turnover cuffs can be worn folded back or left straight._
   - _A turnover mattress should be flipped regularly to wear evenly on both sides._

## Noun

9. An apprentice in any trade who is transferred from one master to another to complete his term of training. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A young worker learning a trade who is moved to a new master to finish his training.
   - _After his master's death, the boy was bound as a turnover to a cabinetmaker in the next street._
   - _The guild records list each turnover along with the years remaining on his term._

## Origin

Formed from the verb phrase "turn over."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/turnover (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).