turn over

verb

1. to change or cause to change position, esp so as to reverse top and bottom
2. to start (an engine), esp with a starting handle, or (of an engine) to start or function correctly
3. to shift or cause to shift position, as by rolling from side to side
4. tr to deliver; transfer
5. tr to consider carefully

   he turned over the problem for hours

6. tr
   1. to sell and replenish (stock in trade)
   2. to transact business and so generate gross revenue of (a specified sum)
7. tr to invest and recover (capital)
8. slang.
   tr to rob
9. slang.
   tr to defeat utterly
10. turn over a new leaf
    to reform; resolve to improve one's behaviour

noun

1. 1. the amount of business, usually expressed in terms of gross revenue, transacted during a specified period
   2. ( as modifier )

      a turnover tax

2. the rate at which stock in trade is sold and replenished
3. a change or reversal of position
4. a small semicircular or triangular pastry case filled with fruit, jam, etc
5. 1. the number of workers employed by a firm in a given period to replace those who have left
   2. the ratio between this number and the average number of employees during the same period
6. banking the amount of capital funds loaned on call during a specified period

adjective

1. prenominal able or designed to be turned or folded over

   a turnover collar

Example Sentences

Former New York City Mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani was in court again on Thursday, where a judge ordered him to turn over a prized Mercedes and a watch given to him by his grandfather.

From Salon

Judge Lewis J. Liman ordered Giuliani to turn over assets after Giuliani blew an October 29 deadline, calling the former mayor's excuses for failing to turn them over "farcical."

From Salon

However, Sony alleges that last year it learned that CBS entered into unauthorized deals to license the shows in New Zealand and Australia, in violation of its contract, and that the network then refused to turn over the money it received on those deals — worth more than $3.6 million — to Sony.

From Los Angeles Times

When detectives served a search warrant on Securus, the company did not turn over information from Warren’s GPS monitor, records show.

From Los Angeles Times

The answer, somehow is, “What's happened is judges don't want to touch it. They would say you don't have standing. They didn't rule on the merits. They. The merits never got there. The judges didn't have what it took to turn over.”

From Salon

Related Words

• assign
• convey
• deliver
• entrust
• give up
• hand over
• pass on
• provide
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• surrender