n.
Pronunciation: ' t ə rn- ˌ ō -v ə r
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : an act or result of turning over : UPSET
2 : a turning from one side, place, or direction to its opposite : SHIFT , REVERSAL
3 : a reorganization with a view to a shift in personnel : SHAKE-UP
4 : something that is turned over
5 : a filled pastry made by folding half of the crust over the other half
6 : the amount of business done especially : the volume of shares traded on a stock exchange
7 a : movement (as of goods or people) into, through, and out of a place b (1) : a cycle of purchase, sale, and replacement of a stock of goods (2) : the ratio of sales for a stated period to average inventory (3) : the amount received in sales for a stated period c : the number of persons hired within a period to replace those leaving or dropped from a workforce also : the ratio of this number to the number in the average force maintained
8 : the continuous process of loss and replacement of a constituent (as a cell or tissue) of a living system
9 : the act or an instance of a team's losing possession of a ball through error or a minor violation of the rules (as in basketball or football)