[turn.over] n (14c) 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; esp: 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: a cycle of purchase, sale, and replacement of a stock of goods; also: the ratio of sales for a stated period to average inventory 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 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)
[2]turnover adj (ca. 1849): capable of being turned over