How to say "turnover" in Japanese

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  • 売り上げうりあげJLPT N2approx.Common
    nounTurnover as the amount sold: the money a business or shop takes in from its sales. The natural choice for sales figures, results, and targets in ordinary business talk.
    今年ことしの売り上うりあげは倍増ばいぞうと見込みこんでいます。↗
    Sales should double this year.
  • 商いあきないCommon
    nounAlso turnover as sales or takings, but with the nuance of the trade itself — a shop's or merchant's dealing in goods — rather than the bare figure; chosen when that mercantile activity is in view.

Both cover turnover as sales or takings: use 「売り上げ」 when you simply mean the amount sold or money taken in, and 「商い」 when the emphasis is on a shop's or merchant's trade. Neither fits staff or stock turnover.

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