Turnover

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Turnover may refer to:

[edit] Business

• Turnover is sometimes a synonym for revenue (or in certain contexts, sales), especially in European and South African usage. Turnover is the total value of net profit - gross profits = turnover

Services sold by a company during a particular period of time.

• Turnover is sometimes the name for a measure of how quickly inventory is sold. A high turnover means that goods are sold quickly, while a low turnover means that goods are sold more slowly.
  • Asset turnover is a financial ratio that measures the efficiency of a company's use of its assets in generating sales revenue or sales income to the company.^[1]
• Turnover (employment), relative rate at which an employer gains and loses staff, especially in North American usage

[edit] Biology

• Cell turnover refers to the replacement of old cells with newly generated ones.^[2]

[edit] Sports

• Turnover (football), in American football occurs when the offense loses possession of the football because of a fumble, interception, or on downs
• Turnover (basketball), a turnover in basketball occurs when a player from one team gives possession to the opposing team by losing the ball without taking a shot
• Turnover (rugby union), a turnover in rugby union occurs when a team loses possession in a ruck or a maul.
• Turnover (rugby league), a turnover in rugby league occurs when a team loses possession or at the end of a teams six tackles.

[edit] Demographics

• Population turnover, measures gross moves in relation to the size of the population and is related to population mobility

[edit] Chemical kinetics

• Turnover number, is the number of moles of substrate that a mole of catalyst can convert before becoming inactivated. In enzyme kinetics, the same term is used to refer to the moles of substrate converted by a mole of enzyme per second

[edit] Music

• Turnover is a song by Fugazi from their album Repeater

[edit] Food

• Turnover (food), a type of pastry or cake

[edit] References

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