<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act or result of turning over; upset.</li><li>Change or movement of people, as tenants or customers, in, out, or through a place: The restaurant did a lively business and had a rapid turnover.</li><li>The aggregate of worker replacements in a given period in a given business or industry.</li><li>The ratio of the labor turnover to the average number of employees in a given period.</li><li>The total amount of business done in a given time.</li><li>The rate at which items are sold, especially with reference to the depletion of stock and replacement of inventory: Things are slow now, but they expect an increased turnover next month.</li><li>The number of times that capital is invested and reinvested in a line of merchandise during a specified period of time.</li><li>The turning over of the capital or stock of goods involved in a particular transaction or course of business.</li><li>The rate of processing or the amount of material that has undergone a particular process in a given period of time, as in manufacturing.</li><li>A change from one position, opinion, etc., to another, often to one that is opposed to that previously held.</li><li>A reorganization of a political organization, business, etc., especially one involving a change or shift of personnel.</li><li>A baked or deep-fried pastry with a sweet or savory filling in which half the dough is turned over the filling and the edges sealed to form a semicircle or triangle.</li><li>Basketball, Football: The loss of possession of the ball to the opponents, through misplays or infractions of the rules.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>That is or may be turned over.</li><li>Having a part that turns over, as a collar.</li></ul>