turnover
pronunciation
How to pronounce turnover in British English:
UK [ˈtɜːnəʊvə(r)]
How to pronounce turnover in American English:
US [ˈtɜːrnoʊvər]
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- Noun:
- the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
- made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling
- the volume measured in dollars
- the act of upsetting something
Word Origin
- turnover (n.)
- also turn-over, 1650s, "action of turning over," from the verbal phrase; see turn (v.) + over (adv.). As a kind of pastry tart, from 1798. Meaning "number of employees leaving a place and being replaced" is recorded from 1955.
Example
- 1. Its turnover in 2008 was $ 14 billion .
- 2. In 2010 , turnover was up 12.5 per cent to 11.6m .
- 3. Staff turnover is only 4 % a year .
- 4. The high turnover in the building made him anonymous .
- 5. Higher turnover should also be positive for publishers .