to turn
- verb
- /tɜrn/
- They started from nothing and they found a way to turn nothing into dollars and keep growing.
- turn a profit
You're wondering about the best way to turn that cash.
- You're wondering about the best way to turn that cash.
- And what Swenson has done is turn the Yale endowment into a huge number.
- They started from nothing and they found a way to turn nothing into dollars and keep growing.
- So if I send now call to actions with ads, that really turns them into customers.
- Does the industrial complex love to spend more stuff and turn the inventory?
Examples
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We do turn a small profit.
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By mid-1997, 12 years after groundbreaking, Unisyn finally began to turn a positive monthly cash flow.
Academic text (1999) -
Here is how to turn your knowledge into profits.
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You're wondering about the best way to turn that cash.
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You cost too much, and you didn't turn a profit.
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This is where the sales people turn a ten-dollar bettor into a 1000-dollar bettor before he knows he made the call.
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With some smart investments, you can turn your savings into a significant profit.
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They needed to turn their ideas into a profitable business model to succeed.
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Entrepreneurs often strive to turn their passions into profitable ventures.
Synonyms
To earn more money than you spend running a business or project
Make good money from a business or activity
Make a good amount of money from business or sales
Antonyms
Idioms
To change a situation so you get the advantage over someone who had it before
To leave quickly by suddenly walking away because you are angry or shocked
- Informal
To think a dead person is very upset because something goes against what they cared about
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Cause a big sudden change that leaves people confused
Move on to the next page or to a new part of your life after a difficult time
To try to make someone change what they do by making them feel more stress
Compounds
A period of years around the start of a new century, about ten years before and after
- US
A flashing light on a vehicle that shows which way the driver will turn or change lanes
- Literature
A very good performance by an actor or entertainer that gets special attention
- Specialized
A unit for magnet strength that one ampere of current produces in one loop of wire
A driving move where the driver pulls the handbrake so the rear wheels slide and the car turns sharply
- Jargon
A skiing turn where you push the tail of one ski out to slow and change direction
How Profitable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Turn in business talk means to change goods into money or gain, like turning an idea into profit, so to 'turn' a profit is to make money from your work.