1. The ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
   "The company implemented new retention strategies to reduce its high employee turnover";
   - employee turnover, turnover rate
    
2. A dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling
   "She packed apple turnovers for the picnic"
    
3. The volume measured in dollars
   "the store's turnover continues to rise";
   - dollar volume
    
4. The act of upsetting something
   "The turnover of the boat sent everyone into the water";
   - upset, overturn
    
5. [N. Amer] (sports) a loss of possession of the ball
   "The team committed three costly turnovers in the fourth quarter"

1. Move by turning over or rotating
   "turn over on your left side";
   - roll
    
2. Turn from an upright or normal position
   "The big vase turned over";
   - overturn, tip over, tump over
    
3. Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
   "the clumsy customer turned over the vase";
   - overturn, tip over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
    
4. Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
   "turn over the pancakes";
   - flip, flip over
    
5. Cause to move around a centre so as to show another side of
   "turn over a page of a book";
   - turn
    
6. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
   "turn over the soil for aeration";
   - dig, delve [archaic], cut into
    
7. Place into the hands or custody of
   "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers";
   - pass, hand, reach, pass on, give
    
8. Do business worth a certain amount of money
   "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"
    
9. Think about carefully; weigh
   "She turned over the proposal in her mind";
   - consider, debate, moot, deliberate

Derived forms: turns over, turning over, turned over, turnovers

See also: angle

Type of: bulk, discuss, dish, displace, hash out, inversion, mass, move, ratio, remove, take, take away, talk over, transact, transfer, turn, upending, volume, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Turnover