TURNOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turnover mean? 

• TURNOVER (noun)
  The noun TURNOVER has 4 senses:

1. the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers

2. a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling

3. the volume measured in dollars

4. the act of upsetting something

  Familiarity information: TURNOVER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURNOVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

employee turnover; turnover; turnover rate

Hypernyms ("turnover" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("turnover" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnover"):

apple turnover (turnover with an apple filling)

knish ((Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack)

pirogi; piroshki; pirozhki (small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried)

samosa (small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot)

Derivation:

turn over (turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The volume measured in dollars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dollar volume; turnover

Context example:

the store's dollar volume continues to rise

Hypernyms ("turnover" is a kind of...):

bulk; mass; volume (the property of something that is great in magnitude)

Derivation:

turn over (do business worth a certain amount of money)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of upsetting something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

overturn; turnover; upset

Context example:

he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed

Hypernyms ("turnover" is a kind of...):

inversion; upending (turning upside down; setting on end)

Derivation:

turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)

turn over (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position)

 Context examples 

Fusidic acid acts as a bacterial protein synthesis inhibitor by preventing the turnover of elongation factor G (EF-G) from the ribosome.

(Fusidic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the regulation of protein phosphorylation and turnover.

(GLTSCR2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes iduronate 2-sulfatase protein, plays a role in the mediation of proteoglycan turnover.

(IDS wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in facilitated serotonergic transmission and decreased serotonin turnover leading to antidepressant and antiobsessive-compulsive effects.

(Fluvoxamine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in both protein turnover and embryonic limb development.

(FBXW4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This phosphorylation stabilizes the eIF-2-GDP-eIF-2B complex, inhibiting the turnover of eIF-2B. eIF-2B is also inhibited by GSK-3b phosphorylation.

(eIF2 Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This protein plays a role in both the modulation of protein turnover and the regulation of limb development.

(F-Box/WD Repeat-Containing Protein 4, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance used to study the turnover of bone tissue in certain diseases, such as osteoporosis or cancer that has spread to the bone.

(calcium-46 (46Ca) chloride aqueous solution, NCI Dictionary)

The relationship between the percent of immature platelets and the platelet count can be used to determine the rate of platelet turnover.

(Immature Platelet, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cytoskeletal modeling via regulation of actin fiber turnover.

(PDLIM4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)