turnover

Meanings

Noun

• The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.
• The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.
• A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit).
• A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.
• A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
• The act or result of overturning something; an upset.
• An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Adjective

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

Origin

• turn + over