turnover
- noun
- /ˈtɜrnˌoʊvər/
- UK
- All of these businesses have considerable turnover as the mostly young carvers and painters leave to work on their own.
- inventory turnover
- stock turnover
- total turnover
The bucket shops thrived because anyone who consistently won was quickly banned, leaving only the losers who enjoyed gambling and fast turnover.
- The bucket shops thrived because anyone who consistently won was quickly banned, leaving only the losers who enjoyed gambling and fast turnover.
- But these guys are pumping it out on, on mass billion # turnover.
- And but you're still, it's small enough that you can't really make massive turnover.
- So for example, all three of us would understand what I said earlier, turnover as vanity profits and cash is king.
Examples
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As costs have risen, so has the price of sugar for consumers, while Tate and Lyle's turnover and profits have been hit.
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The company achieved a turnover of $82.73 million in 1998 and $88.20 million in 1999.
Academic text (2000) -
Thus, rare species have a higher turnover of individual trees than do common species.
Academic text (1992) -
The World Bank provides its data as total annual turnover for a nation's stock markets.
Blog text (7) -
Capital stock turnover places an upper limit on the rate of adoption of new technologies.
Academic text (2000) -
The company's gross annual turnover is estimated at $2 billion.
Academic text (1990) -
Investing tax efficiently and limiting turnover will help keep the costs down when utilizing a core/satellite approach.
Blog text (23) -
Inter-Korean trade began in 1989 with a meager turnover of approximately $18 million, and its volume reached $330 million in 1999.
Academic text (2002) -
The company's annual turnover reached over five million dollars, highlighting its successful sales performance.
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During the last financial quarter, the turnover from online sales increased significantly compared to the previous year.
Synonyms
Money a business gets from sales before paying costs
The total amount of money from sales or trades in US dollars over a period
The money a company gets from selling goods or services
Antonyms
Compounds
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Turnover comes from the words turn + over, from the idea of goods or money 'turning over' by being sold and replaced. That's why in business 'turnover' measures how much is sold in a set time.