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{
"term": "turnover",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the total amount of goods or services sold by a company during a particular period of time",
"sensetop": "turnover (of something)",
"labels": "(North American English)(British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an annual turnover of $75 million"
},
{
"text": "a fall in turnover"
},
{
"text": "The combined turnover of both businesses has doubled in the last two years."
},
{
"text": "Turnover fell from £12 million to £11 million."
},
{
"text": "Turnover was down compared with last year's figures."
},
{
"text": "A 10% rise in turnover would increase company profits by $3.3 million."
},
{
"text": "Calculate your profit by subtracting your costs from your turnover."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "low", "company"],
"verb + turnover": ["boast", "have", "record"],
"turnover + verb": ["be up", "be down", "double"],
"turnover + noun": ["figure", "growth", "rate"],
"phrases": [
"a decline in turnover",
"an fall in turnover",
"an increase in turnover"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced by other people",
"sensetop": "turnover (of somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a high turnover of staff"
},
{
"text": "We've had very little turnover in our sales personnel."
},
{
"text": "The new offices have reduced the very high rates of staff turnover."
},
{
"text": "The city has a rapid population turnover."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fast", "rapid", "high"],
"verb + turnover": ["have", "reduce"],
"turnover + noun": ["rate"],
"preposition": ["turnover in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the rate at which goods are sold in a shop and replaced by others",
"sensetop": "turnover (of something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a fast turnover of stock"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a small pie in the shape of a triangle or half a circle, filled with fruit or jam",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːnəʊvə(r)/",
"audio": "tu/turnover/turnover__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːrnəʊvər/",
"audio": "tu/turnover/turnover__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}