Churn

Word CHURN
Character 5
Hyphenation churn
Pronunciations /tʃɜː(ɹ)n/

Definitions and meanings of "Churn"

What do we mean by churn?

A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter. noun

Turbulence or agitation. noun

To agitate or stir (milk or cream) in order to make butter. intransitive verb

To make by the agitation of milk or cream. intransitive verb

To agitate vigorously or turn over repeatedly: synonym: agitate. intransitive verb

To buy and sell (a client's securities) frequently, especially in order to generate commissions. intransitive verb

To make butter by operating a device that agitates cream or milk. intransitive verb

To be turbulent or agitated. intransitive verb

To move by agitating water or by means of a pumping action. intransitive verb

To produce in an abundant and regular manner. phrasal verb

A vessel in which cream or milk is agitated for the purpose of separating the oily parts from the caseous and serous parts, to make butter. noun

To stir or agitate in order to make into butter: as, to churn cream.

To make by the agitation of cream: as, to churn butter.

To shake or agitate with violence or continued motion, as in the operation of making butter.

To perform the act of churning, or an act resembling it.

A block or chuck on a potter's turning-lathe. noun

To perform the operation of churning. intransitive verb

A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter. noun

To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter. transitive verb

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.

The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.

The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.

Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.

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The word "churn" in example sentences

Slide 12: Rule 2 churn, baby, churn* (* as said by Guy Kawasaki) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Barra estimates GM wastes $1 billion a year on what she calls "churn"-on-again, off-again vehicle projects, late design changes and transfers of engineering work from one part of the world to another. ❋ Joann Muller (2011)

We actually don't disclose the churn numbers in large part because what we define as churn may be different from the next company, and we don't think there's no standardized view of churn. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On top of that, the few wireless providers already experimenting with HD, found out that churn is reduced when users used HD phones and hence HD will become a strategic marketing tool for them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But, again, a following created largely through churn is a following that doesn't have significant value in the context of marketing your book. ❋ Jonathan Fields (2010)

The hiring that occurs to replace lost workers is called churn. ❋ Edward Lazear (2012)

But "the churn is huge," says pastor William Ankerberg. ❋ Unknown (2008)

During a relatively placid economic period like the mid-2000s, about 65% of all hiring is associated with what economists have dubbed "churn"-the job-to-job movement of workers through the labour force, which neither adds to nor subtracts from total employment. ❋ Unknown (2012)

What we call churn is someone who has not (inaudible) in a year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While it is too early to predict long-term churn profiles, the first Vonage World customer groups are churning at a rate less than half that of similarly tenured customers added in the months prior to the World launch.

The short-term churn of legislative politics undermines serious change. ❋ Daniel Wood (2009)

In Europe's competitive retail markets, higher "churn"--customers chopping and changing their energy providers--reflected this annoyance over price increases. ❋ Chris Noon (2006)

They also produce valuable metrics, including kilo-lines of code (KLoCs), file counts, and "churn" -- that is, the number of files that have changed between two regular builds. ❋ Author Unknown (2010)

Mr Ingham added that the growth in permanent placements in Britain was down to "churn" - ❋ Unknown (2010)

The group today said this was already paying off, with customer "churn" - those quitting the group - down from 38. 5\% in the previous quarter to 34. 6\% in the final three months of ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the company was able to reduce its "churn" - the measure of the proportion of customers abandoning their subscriptions - to a record low in the quarter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One factor which will be crucial will be that of "churn" - when a customer leaves the network. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The rate at which contract customers leave, known as churn, rose to 1.98% from 1.86% a year earlier and 1.91% in the prior quarter, which Sprint said was a result of it deactivating more customers due to payment delinquency and said it is tightening credit standards. ❋ Greg Bensinger (2012)

Wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications said it has experienced a reduction in the rate at which its customers leave, known as churn. ❋ Steven Russolillo (2011)

DirecTV limited the rate of subscriber cancellations, known as churn. ❋ Greg Bensinger (2011)

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