Turnover
noun
The amount of money taken by a business in a particular period.
Our company had an annual turnover of 1.5 million dollars last year.
Often appears as...
- annual turnover
- turnover rate
noun
The rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced.
The employee turnover in the industry is quite high.
Often appears as...
- high turnover
- employee turnover
noun
A kind of pastry with a filling folded into it.
I had a delicious apple turnover for dessert.
Often appears as...
- apple turnover
- cherry turnover
noun
An act of turning something over, for example in sports.
The team's numerous turnovers cost them the game.
Often appears as...
- ball turnover
- turnover ratio
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The amount of money taken by a business in a particular period.
Our company had an annual turnover of 1.5 million dollars last year.
Often appears as...
- annual turnover
- turnover rate
noun
The rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced.
The employee turnover in the industry is quite high.
Often appears as...
- high turnover
- employee turnover
noun
A kind of pastry with a filling folded into it.
I had a delicious apple turnover for dessert.
Often appears as...
- apple turnover
- cherry turnover
noun
An act of turning something over, for example in sports.
The team's numerous turnovers cost them the game.
Often appears as...
- ball turnover
- turnover ratio
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Business Metrics
Turnover can measure success; higher turnover implies more sales and potentially more profit.
Our bakery's turnover increased by 20% this quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Frame Specific
Turnover relates to a specific period like monthly, quarterly, or yearly.
Our quarterly turnover surpassed projections.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitive
In conversations about finance, turnover implies business revenue.
The new product line boosted our turnover significantly.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Metrics
Turnover can measure success; higher turnover implies more sales and potentially more profit.
Our bakery's turnover increased by 20% this quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Frame Specific
Turnover relates to a specific period like monthly, quarterly, or yearly.
Our quarterly turnover surpassed projections.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitive
In conversations about finance, turnover implies business revenue.
The new product line boosted our turnover significantly.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Metrics
Turnover can measure success; higher turnover implies more sales and potentially more profit.
Our bakery's turnover increased by 20% this quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Frame Specific
Turnover relates to a specific period like monthly, quarterly, or yearly.
Our quarterly turnover surpassed projections.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitive
In conversations about finance, turnover implies business revenue.
The new product line boosted our turnover significantly.
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
very low turnover of carbon, not not a very active environment in terms of finding food, things occurring at very low densities. Therefore, if you're a tiny little male angler fish the size of a grape swimming through that vast, deep, cold, dark ocean, when you find a female, you don't want to- I mean, that's a big day
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
to raise the average capability -- or to encourage the people with it to stay in the system. You might say, "Do the good teachers stay and the bad teacher's leave?" The answer is, on average, the slightly better teachers leave the system. And it's a system with very high turnover.
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What will change Africa?...
suddenly we've got this thing working with ten doubling our turnover every year and it was wonderful now as a matter of policy we avoided given what everybody has said we avoided any government involvement no government contracts we don't want them that was
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Where's Google going...
has enabled you to think about the future and at the same time change the present? You know, I think the most important thing -- I looked at lots of companies and why I thought they don't succeed over time. We've had a more rapid turnover of companies.
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Natural pest control ......
head just walking safely in her prob finally I were to get to activate to my vision or in fact my dream because you see this is their reality have a look at the gap if we take the overall turnover of the fire control industry worldwide
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Shimon Steinberg:...
just walking safely in her crop. Finally, I want to get to my vision, or, in fact, to my dream. Because, you see, this is the reality. Have a look at the gap. If we take the overall turnover of the biocontrol industry worldwide,
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A Story of Community and...
with governments because they are the ones who have the mandate to monitor and protect their own country resources and we develop systems and tools that are very useful and then there is a high turnover of technical people and
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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
because I think stigma is a bad thing, whereas lots of sex is quite a good thing, but we'll leave that be. The truth is that 20 years of very good research have shown us that there are groups that are more likely to turnover
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Aaron Huey: America's...
Teacher turnover is eight times higher than the US national average. Frequently, grandparents are raising their grandchildren because parents, due to alcoholism, domestic violence and general apathy, cannot raise them.
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Pearl Arredondo: My...
And unfortunately, the local junior high was not going to offer that. It was gang-infested, huge teacher turnover rate. So my mom said, "You're going on a bus an hour and a half away from where we live every day."
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
very low turnover of carbon, not not a very active environment in terms of finding food, things occurring at very low densities. Therefore, if you're a tiny little male angler fish the size of a grape swimming through that vast, deep, cold, dark ocean, when you find a female, you don't want to- I mean, that's a big day
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
to raise the average capability -- or to encourage the people with it to stay in the system. You might say, "Do the good teachers stay and the bad teacher's leave?" The answer is, on average, the slightly better teachers leave the system. And it's a system with very high turnover.
Video examples
What will change Africa?...
suddenly we've got this thing working with ten doubling our turnover every year and it was wonderful now as a matter of policy we avoided given what everybody has said we avoided any government involvement no government contracts we don't want them that was
Video examples
Where's Google going...
has enabled you to think about the future and at the same time change the present? You know, I think the most important thing -- I looked at lots of companies and why I thought they don't succeed over time. We've had a more rapid turnover of companies.
Video examples
Natural pest control ......
head just walking safely in her prob finally I were to get to activate to my vision or in fact my dream because you see this is their reality have a look at the gap if we take the overall turnover of the fire control industry worldwide
Video examples
Shimon Steinberg:...
just walking safely in her crop. Finally, I want to get to my vision, or, in fact, to my dream. Because, you see, this is the reality. Have a look at the gap. If we take the overall turnover of the biocontrol industry worldwide,
Video examples
A Story of Community and...
with governments because they are the ones who have the mandate to monitor and protect their own country resources and we develop systems and tools that are very useful and then there is a high turnover of technical people and
Video examples
Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
because I think stigma is a bad thing, whereas lots of sex is quite a good thing, but we'll leave that be. The truth is that 20 years of very good research have shown us that there are groups that are more likely to turnover
Video examples
Aaron Huey: America's...
Teacher turnover is eight times higher than the US national average. Frequently, grandparents are raising their grandchildren because parents, due to alcoholism, domestic violence and general apathy, cannot raise them.
Video examples
Pearl Arredondo: My...
And unfortunately, the local junior high was not going to offer that. It was gang-infested, huge teacher turnover rate. So my mom said, "You're going on a bus an hour and a half away from where we live every day."
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Francis Fukuyama
American Economist
The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold.
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Torrey Smith
American Athlete
Football is one of those games that definitely relates to life in a lot of ways. Everything can be going good, and just like that, you have a turnover. Things are going south, you're going the opposite direction. How are you going to recover from it? That's the beauty in this game.
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Tim Howard
American Athlete
When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.
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Valerie Jarrett
American Lawyer
Employers who recognize the importance of investing in their workforce have a more productive workforce, a more efficient workforce, a more loyal workforce, less turnover, and, in the private sector, more profitable.
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Jeff Green
American Athlete
Sometimes I get caught in just trying to get assists, trying to help my teammates get a good shot, and I think I put myself in positions where I get turnovers or I force the issue.
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Carolyn Murphy
American Model
The industry's much quicker. The turnover with models - I cannot keep up. And in my day, we had so much personality. We probably caused a lot more trouble, but it was fun.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers.
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Rajon Rondo
American Athlete
I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.
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Michael Carter-Williams
American Basketball Player
I think I'm pretty good at pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers.
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Lou Williams
American Athlete
I'm conscious of my turnovers.
Quote examples
Francis Fukuyama
American Economist
The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold.
Quote examples
Torrey Smith
American Athlete
Football is one of those games that definitely relates to life in a lot of ways. Everything can be going good, and just like that, you have a turnover. Things are going south, you're going the opposite direction. How are you going to recover from it? That's the beauty in this game.
Quote examples
Tim Howard
American Athlete
When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.
Quote examples
Valerie Jarrett
American Lawyer
Employers who recognize the importance of investing in their workforce have a more productive workforce, a more efficient workforce, a more loyal workforce, less turnover, and, in the private sector, more profitable.
Quote examples
Jeff Green
American Athlete
Sometimes I get caught in just trying to get assists, trying to help my teammates get a good shot, and I think I put myself in positions where I get turnovers or I force the issue.
Quote examples
Carolyn Murphy
American Model
The industry's much quicker. The turnover with models - I cannot keep up. And in my day, we had so much personality. We probably caused a lot more trouble, but it was fun.
Quote examples
Tom Perez
American Politician
Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers.
Quote examples
Rajon Rondo
American Athlete
I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.
Quote examples
Michael Carter-Williams
American Basketball Player
I think I'm pretty good at pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers.
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Lou Williams
American Athlete
I'm conscious of my turnovers.
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