churn Значение & определение

Значение на churn на български

• 0 to move something, especially a liquid, with great force:

  • The sea was churned up by heavy winds.

  • I had my driving test that morning and my stomach was churning.

• 1 If customers churn between different companies that provide a particular service, they change repeatedly from one to another.

• 2 a large container for transporting milk or for making milk into butter:

  • a milk churn

  • a butter churn

• 3 the number of customers who decide to stop using a service offered by one company and to use another company, usually because it offers a better service or price:

  • Internet and cable television companies suffer from a high churn rate.

• 4 to move violently:

  • [ I ] The water was churning and the boat was rocking.

  • [ M ] The fish churned up the water when we threw them some food.

  • [ T ] fig. Seeing the car ahead flip over churned his stomach.

• 5 a container in which cream is made into butter

• 6 the situation in which customers stop buying the products or services of a particular company, especially to buy them from a competitor:

  • Preventing customer churn is a major concern for mobile service providers, since 20-40% of customers leave their providers in a given year.

• 7 the situation in which employees leave their job and are replaced by new employees:

  • Employee churn for new hires increased by 33% for the third straight year.

• 8 to stop buying the products or services of a particular company, especially in order to buy them from a competitor

• 9 to frequently replace employees with new employees

• 10 if stockbrokers churn investments or churn a client's account in order to make more money in commissions, they illegally buy and sell the client's investments more often than necessary:

  • The commission found that he violated the antifraud provisions of the securities laws when he churned three customer accounts.