turnover

turnover

turn·o·ver / ˈtərnˌōvər/ • n. 1. the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period: a turnover approaching $4 million. ∎ Stock Market the volume of shares traded during a particular period, as a percentage of total shares listed. 2. the rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced. ∎  the rate at which goods are sold and replaced in a store. 3. a small pie made by folding a piece of pastry over on itself to enclose a sweet filling: an apple turnover. 4. (in a game) a loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team.

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1. The proportion of a population that is lost (e.g. by death or emigration) or gained (e.g. by reproduction or immigration) in a given period.

2. The replacement of species by extinction within an area and their replacement by newly evolved or immigrant species.

3. The ratio of the energy entering a community or ecosystem to the biomass.

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turnover Small pie or pasty; the filling is placed on one half of a piece of rolled‐out pastry and the other half is folded over to make a semicircular envelope.

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