turnover rate

/ˌtʌrnˈoʊvər reɪt/
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Other forms: turnover rates

Definitions of turnover rate
  1. noun
    the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
    synonyms: employee turnover, turnover
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    type of:
    ratio
    the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
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