turnover

See also: turn over

English

Etymology

turn +‎ over

Pronunciation

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Noun

turnover (countable and uncountable, plural turnovers)

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

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

2. The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers are replaced after leaving, a property changes hands, etc.

   High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees

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

3. 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.

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

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

   • 2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:

     Australia’s 18 turnovers were a costly case of self-harm. So, too, were the two interception tries that ultimately wrecked any chance of Michael Cheika’s side ending their recent grim sequence against the Poms.

5. A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
6. The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

   a bad turnover in a carriage

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

Translations

sales transacted

• Armenian: շրջանառություն (hy) (šrǰanaṙutʻyun)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: omsætning c
• Dutch: omzet (nl) m, zakencijfer (nl) n
• Finnish: liikevaihto (fi)
• French: chiffre d'affaires f
• German: Umsatz (de) m
• Hebrew: מחזור (he) m (makhzór)
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• Italian: giro d'affari
• Japanese: 取引高 (とりひきだか, torihiki-daka)
• Norwegian: omsetning (no) m or f
• Polish: obrót (pl) m, przychód (pl) m
• Portuguese: movimento (pt) m
• Russian: товарооборо́т (ru) m (tovarooborót), оборо́т (ru) m (oborót)
• Spanish: cifra de negocios f
• Swedish: omsättning (sv) c
• Vietnamese: doanh thu

rate of change or replacement

• Dutch: omzet (nl), verloop (nl) n
• Estonian: käive
• Finnish: liikevaihto (fi), kiertonopeus (fi)
• French: taux de renouvellement/taux de remplacement (general) m
• German: (labor turnover only) Fluktuation (de)
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• Italian: turnover (it) m
• Polish: wymiana (pl) f, rotacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: rotatividade f
• Russian: оборо́т (ru) m (oborót), теку́честь (ru) f (tekúčestʹ)
• Spanish: movimiento de mercancías, rotación (es) m

pastry

• Finnish: piiras (fi)
• French: chausson (fr) m
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• Polish: rożek francuski

loss of ball

• Catalan: pèrdua de possessió (ca) f
• Finnish: pallonmenetys (fi)
• German: Turnover (de) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: balltap n

• Russian: перехва́т (ru) m (perexvát)

act of overturning something

• Dutch: omdraaiing f, omdraaien (nl) n
• Finnish: kääntäminen (fi)
• French: renverser (fr)
• Galician: vorco m, envorco m, tombo m, rouceo m
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• Italian: scombussolamento (it) m
• Russian: переворо́т (ru) m (perevorót), опроки́дывание (ru) n (oprokídyvanije)
• Spanish: vuelco (es) m

Adjective

turnover (not comparable)

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

   a turnover collar

Anagrams

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