{
    "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
}