Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
turnover en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Deverbal from turn over.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.
Chamoisette glove samples for spring show some very swagger styles with gauntlet tops and turnover cuffs piped and embroidered with harmonious contrasts.
1922, Women's Wear, Toronto, volume 6, page 51:a turnover collar
turnover en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Deverbal from turn over.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.
Across Europe, the sector accounts for turnover of €4 billion and employs around 25,000 people, with epoxies being present in many different products across the sector.
2017 August 14, “THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE OF EPOXY RESINS”, in Epoxy Resin Committee, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021, page 3:The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.
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(countable, uncountable) The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.
Job dissatisfaction results in high turnover.
High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees.
In the case of pathological hypercoagulative conditions such as thrombosis and embolism, 4-hydroxycoumarin based oral anticoagulants, including warfarin as a well-known example, are administered to block the enzymatic function of VKORC1, effectively diminishing turnover of the vitamin K cycle.
2015 July 29, Carville G. Bevans et al., “Phylogeny of the Vitamin K 2,3-Epoxide Reductase (VKOR) Family and Evolutionary Relationship to the Disulfide Bond Formation Protein B (DsbB) Family”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2025:Those apartments have a high turnover because they are too close to the railroad tracks.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.
The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.
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. […] Slick use of the resulting turnover ball gave Koroibete the space to burn off Daly, only the third try England have so far conceded in this tournament.
2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2020:
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(countable, uncountable) A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
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(countable, uncountable) An act or process of turning something over.
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of overturning something; an upset.
a bad turnover in a carriage
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(countable, uncountable) Synonym of runover.
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(countable, dated, uncountable) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.
Forms
Coordinates
fritter (a pastry of a filling enclosed in a folded crust) · pasty · rissole (a pastry of a filling enclosed in a folded crust)
Deriveds
Mexican turnover · turnover on downs · turnover bridge · apple turnover
Hypernyms
hand pie
Relateds
turnaround · overturn
Synonyms
runover
Translations (70)
he מחזור (sales transacted) · bg прекатурване (act of overturning something) · ca panada (pastry) · fi liikevaihto (rate of change or replacement) · fi kääntäminen (act of overturning something) · bg оборо́т (sales transacted) · bg грешка (loss of ball) · de Fluktuation (rate of change or replacement) · pl rożek francuski (pastry) · ru теку́честь (rate of change or replacement) · fr taux de renouvellement/taux de remplacement (rate of change or replacement) · fi pallonmenetys (loss of ball) · fr chiffre d'affaires (sales transacted) · es vuelco (act of overturning something) · pl przychód (sales transacted) · pl wymiana (rate of change or replacement) · nl verloop (rate of change or replacement) · it giro d'affari (sales transacted) · ru перехва́т (loss of ball) · cmn 營業額 /营业额 (sales transacted) · hy շրջանառություն (sales transacted) · gl rouceo (act of overturning something) · uk пл́инність кáдрів (rate of change or replacement) · fr chausson (pastry) · de Turnover (loss of ball) · pl rotacja (rate of change or replacement) · fi piiras (pastry) · it turnover (rate of change or replacement) · sv omsättning (sales transacted) · ru переворо́т (act of overturning something) · pt movimento (sales transacted) · nl zakencijfer (sales transacted) · de Umsatz (sales transacted) · it scombussolamento (act of overturning something) · et käive (rate of change or replacement) · de Überkopfgehen (act of overturning something) · vi doanh thu (sales transacted) · fi kiertonopeus (rate of change or replacement) · ru оборо́т (sales transacted) · sh promet (sales transacted) · es rotación (rate of change or replacement) · fi liikevaihto (sales transacted) · it rotazione (rate of change or replacement) · nl omzet (rate of change or replacement) · nl omdraaiing (act of overturning something) · nb balltap (loss of ball) · nl omdraaien (act of overturning something) · pl obrót (sales transacted) · ja 取引高 (sales transacted) · cy pasten (pastry) · ca pèrdua de possessió (loss of ball) · nl omzet (sales transacted) · ru товарооборо́т (sales transacted) · gl envorco (act of overturning something) · gl tombo (act of overturning something) · no omsetning (sales transacted) · gl vorco (act of overturning something) · ko 영업 이익 (sales transacted) · es rotación laboral (rate of change or replacement) · es cifra de negocios (sales transacted) · es movimiento de mercancías (rate of change or replacement) · ru опроки́дывание (act of overturning something) · pt rotatividade (rate of change or replacement) · es empanada (pastry) · ru оборо́т (rate of change or replacement) · de Überschlagen (act of overturning something) · fr renversement (act of overturning something) · uk о́біг (sales transacted) · da omsætning (sales transacted) · cmn 零售額 /零售额 (sales transacted)