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    turnover
    turn‧o‧ver /ˈtɜːnˌəʊvə $ ˈtɜːrnˌoʊvər/ noun
    1. [singular, uncountable] British English the amount of business done during a particular period
        turnover of
        The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200 billion.
        turnover rose/fell
        Turnover rose 9%.
    2. [singular, uncountable] the rate at which a particular kind of goods is sold
        turnover of
        Tri-Star’s fast turnover of stock
    3. [singular, uncountable] the rate at which people leave an organization and are replaced by others
        turnover of
        Low pay accounts for the high turnover.
        staff/labour turnover
        a high degree of labour turnover among women
    4. [countable] a small fruit pie:
        an apple turnover
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ profit money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid: Our profits are down this year. | The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.
       ▪ earnings the profit that a company makes: The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results. | Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.
       ▪ return the profit that you get from an investment: You should get a good return on your investment. | We didn’t get much of a return on our money. | They’re promising high returns on investments of over $100,000.
       ▪ turnover the amount of business done during a particular period: The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200 bn.
       ▪ takings the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc: He counted the night’s takings. | This week’s takings are up on last week’s.
       ▪ interest money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there: They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3000. | The money is still earning interest in your account.
       ▪ dividend a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company: Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share. | The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.