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turnover

noun [S or U] (EMPLOYEES)
 
 
/ˈtɜːnˌəʊ.vər/ US  /ˈtɝːnˌoʊ.vɚ/

Definition

C2 the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced by new people: The large number of temporary contracts resulted in a high turnover of staff.US They've had a lot of turnover at the factory recently.Retiring and resigning from work
(Definition of turnover noun (EMPLOYEES) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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