TURNOVER RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turnover rate mean? 

• TURNOVER RATE (noun)
  The noun TURNOVER RATE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TURNOVER RATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURNOVER RATE (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 rate" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

By preventing osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, pamidronic acid decreases bone turnover rate, stabilizes the bone matrix and reduces hypercalcemia.

(Pamidronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

By preventing osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, neridronic acid decreases bone turnover rate, stabilizes the bone matrix and reduces hypercalcemia.

(Neridronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Due to its irritant effect, benzoyl peroxide increases turnover rate of epithelial cells, thereby peeling the skin and promoting the resolution of comedones.

(Benzoyl Peroxide, NCI Thesaurus)

These findings are very important for our understanding of oceanic food webs because the variety and turnover rate of the plankton communities mean that larger organisms which feed on the plankton will come into contact with different sets of microbes that could contain pathogens and harmful microorganisms.

(Study by UGR and MIT reveals microbial plankton live in complex communities, University of Granada)