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turnover (iou)



turnover noun & adjective. Also turn-over. E17.
[from turn over s.v. TURN verb.]
A. noun.
(A part of) something which is turned or folded over, as the flap of an envelope, a leaf of a book, etc.; spec. a turn-down collar or neckband. E17.
b. Journalism. An article beginning in the last column of a page and continuing overleaf. L19.
c. Printing. The last (usu. short) line of a paragraph; the part of a divided word carried over to the next line. M20.
The action or an act of turning over. M17.
R. Kipling Reversing into a following gale..there is always risk of a turn-over. P. Inchbald This address would be worth a turnover in connection with the..burglary.
b. A break in play at the end of a side of a record. M20.
An apprentice whose indentures are transferred to another master on the retirement or failure of his original one. arch. M17.
A kind of sweet pastry made by folding a piece of pastry over on to itself, so as to enclose a (usu. fruit) filling. L18.
The total amount of money taken by a given time; the amount of goods produced and disposed of by a manufacturer; transf. the amount or number of anything dealt with, processed, etc. L19.
G. B. Shaw The sixpenny doctor, with his..quick turnover of patients. P. Fitzgerald Paperbacks..would have a rapid turnover. Rail These..services..produce an annual turnover of 45 million.
b. The simultaneous synthesis and degradation of a substance in a living organism. M20.
c. The number of employees joining and leaving a workforce. M20.
US Sport. Loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team. M20.
b. adjective. That turns or is turned over; having a part that is turned over. E17.
Rugby World Nylon socks in plain colours and turn-over tops.
Special collocations: turnover article = sense A.1b above. turnover board Founding a flat board on which a flat-bottomed pattern stands while sand is packed round it. turnover cartridge a gramophone cartridge with a pivoted mounting for two styluses for use at different speeds.