Definitions for turnovers

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turnovers turn·o·ver

Spelling: [turn-oh-ver]

IPA: /ˈtɜrnˌoʊ vər/

Turnovers is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 382 anagrams from letters in turnovers (enorrstuv).

Definitions for turnovers

noun

1. an act or result of turning over; upset.
2. change or movement of people, as tenants or customers, in, out, or through a place:
3. the aggregate of worker replacements in a given period in a given business or industry.
4. the ratio of the labor turnover to the average number of employees in a given period.
5. the total amount of business done in a given time.
6. the rate at which items are sold, especially with reference to the depletion of stock and replacement of inventory:
7. the number of times that capital is invested and reinvested in a line of merchandise during a specified period of time.
8. the turning over of the capital or stock of goods involved in a particular transaction or course of business.
9. the rate of processing or the amount of material that has undergone a particular process in a given period of time, as in manufacturing.
10. a change from one position, opinion, etc., to another, often to one that is opposed to that previously held.
11. a reorganization of a political organization, business, etc., especially one involving a change or shift of personnel.
12. a baked or deep-fried pastry with a sweet or savory filling in which half the dough is turned over the filling and the edges sealed to form a semicircle or triangle.
13. Basketball, Football. the loss of possession of the ball to the opponents, through misplays or infractions of the rules.

adjective

1. that is or may be turned over.
2. having a part that turns over, as a collar.

Origin of turnovers

First recorded in 1605-15; noun use of verb phrase turn over

Examples for turnovers

turnover was huge in the growing auto industry, as workers hopped from factory to factory in search of better wages.

When she returned from the kitchen with his turnover he was standing.

Kravchenko was a self-made millionaire whose “March 8th” furniture factory and stores had an annual turnover of $200 million.

Its turnover was small, its list of stockholders was select.

By contrast, the turnover rate for physicians at large practices was 6.8 percent in 2012.

"We shall all of us have to go over to turnover next week," he said.

We may have progressed to a stage where turnover and new car sales make the U.S. car fleet more efficient.

To see why, lets look at JOLTS, a data series from the Bureau of Labor Statistics which tracks job openings and turnover.

They made their second, 180-degree turnover while weightless.

And so the visit to turnover Park was made, and the Fenwicks were driven home.