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churnover

churnover noun: the excessive buying and selling of shares by a stockbroker for a client’s account as a method of generating income from the resulting commissions.

Noun

churnover (uncountable)

  1. The excessive buying and selling of shares by a stockbroker for a client’s account as a method of generating income from the resulting commissions.

Origin of churnover

Blend of churn + takeover.

Questions about churnover

What does churnover mean?
Churnover means the excessive buying and selling of shares by a stockbroker for a client’s account as a method of generating income from the resulting commissions.
What part of speech is churnover?
Churnover is a noun.

Words near churnover in the dictionary

  1. churning out
  2. churning up
  3. churningly
  4. churnings
  5. churnmilk
  6. churnover
  7. churns
  8. churns out
  9. churns up
  10. churnsful
  11. churny

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