Turnover vs. Revenue

Turnovernoun

The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.

‘The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.’;

Revenuenoun

The income returned by an investment.

Turnovernoun

The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers are replaced after leaving, a property changes hands, etc.

‘High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees’; ‘Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.’;

Revenuenoun

The total income received from a given source.

Turnovernoun

A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit).

‘They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.’;

Revenuenoun

All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.

Turnovernoun

(sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

‘The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.’;

Revenuenoun

(accounting) The total sales; turnover.

Turnovernoun

A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.

Revenuenoun

(accounting) The net revenue, net sales.

Turnovernoun

The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

‘a bad turnover in a carriage’;

Revenueverb

(intransitive) To generate revenue.

Turnovernoun

(dated) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Revenueverb

(transitive) To supply with revenue.

Turnoveradjective

Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.

‘a turnover collar’;

Revenuenoun

That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.

‘Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air till you know what you are worth.’;

Turnovernoun

The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.

Revenuenoun

Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.

Turnovernoun

A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials; as, an apple turnover.

Revenuenoun

The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.

Turnovernoun

An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Revenuenoun

the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

Turnoveradjective

Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc.

Revenuenoun

government income due to taxation

Turnovernoun

the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers

Revenuenoun

income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature

‘traders have lost £10,000 in revenue since the traffic scheme was implemented’;

Turnovernoun

made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling

Revenuenoun

a state's annual income from which public expenses are met

‘the government's tax revenues’; ‘his priority was to raise government revenue and to lower expenditure’;

Turnovernoun

the volume measured in dollars;

‘the store's dollar volume continues to rise’;

Revenuenoun

the department of the civil service collecting state revenue

‘when the revenue makes a demand for tax, that demand is implicitly backed by the powers of the state’;

Turnovernoun

the act of upsetting something;

‘he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed’;

Revenue

In accounting, revenue is the income or increase in net assets that an entity has from its normal activities (in the case of a business, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers). Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover.

Turnovernoun

the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period

‘a turnover approaching £4 million’;

Turnovernoun

the rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced

‘high staff turnover left the program with too many young instructors’; ‘an annual turnover of staff as high as 100%’;

Turnovernoun

the rate at which goods are sold and replaced in a shop.

Turnovernoun

a small pie made by folding a piece of pastry over on itself to enclose a sweet filling

‘an apple turnover’;

Turnovernoun

(in a game) a loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team

‘the team were sitting on their lead and taking care to avoid turnovers’;