turnover

Definitions


[ˈtəːnˌəʊvə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period
(e.g: a turnover approaching £4 million)

- the rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced
(e.g: high staff turnover left the program with too many young instructors)

- a small pie made by folding a piece of pastry over on itself to enclose a sweet filling
(e.g: an apple turnover)

- (in a game) a loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team
(e.g: the team were sitting on their lead and taking care to avoid turnovers)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries