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turnover

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turnover
1. 
a. the amount of business, usually expressed in terms of gross revenue, transacted during a specified period
b. (as modifier): a turnover tax
2. the rate at which stock in trade is sold and replenished
3. 
a. the number of workers employed by a firm in a given period to replace those who have left
b. the ratio between this number and the average number of employees during the same period

turnover [′tərn‚ō·vər]
(cell and molecular biology)
The number of substrate molecules transformed by a single molecule of enzyme per minute, when the enzyme is operating at maximum rate.


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(2) Nothing is to be gained by reversing into a following gale, and there is always risk of a turnover.
Mamma, however, is only going to bring Mary and Gus and Fred and Adelaide abroad with her; the others will remain at Kingscote until February (about the 3d), when they will go to Eastbourne for a month with Miss Turnover, the new governess, who has turned out such a very nice person.
Instead of shoes, the old man wore boots with turnover tops and his blue coat had wide cuffs of gold braid.
 
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