turnover

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Noun

turnover (plural turnovers)

1. The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

   a bad turnover in a carriage

2. The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a calendar year

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

3. The number of times a stock is replaced after being used or sold, a worker is replaced after leaving, or a property changes hands

   Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.

   High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees

4. A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit).

   They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.

5. (sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

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

6. (dated) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Translations

to overturn something

• Dutch: omdraaiing (nl) f, omdraaien (nl) n
• Finnish: kääntäminen (fi)

• French: renverser (fr)
• Russian: переворот (ru) (p'er'evorót) m , опрокидывание (ru) (oprokídyvanije) n 

sales transacted

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 零售額 (cmn), 零售额 (cmn) (língshòu'é), 營業額 (cmn), 营业额 (cmn) (yíngyè'é)

• Danish: omsætning (da) c
• Dutch: omzet (nl) m, zakencijfer (nl) n
• Finnish: liikevaihto (fi)

• German: Umsatz (de) m
• Japanese: 取引高 (ja) (とりひきだか, torihiki-daka)
• Norwegian: omsetning (no) m and f
• Russian: товарооборот (ru) (tovarooborót) m , оборот (ru) (oborót) m 
• Swedish: omsättning (sv) c
• Vietnamese: doanh thu (vi)

rate of change or replacement

• Dutch: omzet (nl), verloop (nl) n
• Estonian: käive
• Finnish: liikevaihto (fi), kiertonopeus (fi)
• French: chiffre d'affaires f, taux de renouvellement/taux de remplacement (general) m
• German: (labor turnover only) Fluktuation (de)

• Italian: movimento degli affari, giro d'affari m
• Polish: przychód (pl) m
• Portuguese: rotatividade f
• Russian: оборот (ru) (oborót) m , текучесть (ru) (t'ekúčest') f 
• Spanish: movimiento de mercancías, rotación m

pastry

• Finnish: piiras (fi)
• French: chausson (fr) m

• Polish: rożek francuski (pl)

loss of ball

• Finnish: pallonmenetys (fi)

• Russian: перехват (ru) (p'er'exvát) m 

Adjective

turnover (not comparable)

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

   a turnover collar

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