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Turnover (n.) works ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠behind the shopkeeper's back: 'small profits and quick returns' appears to him as a principle he follows on principle.

Turnover (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the circuit of capital taken not as one act but as a rhythm — the periodicity in capital's life-process, the time it needs to renew itself.

Turnover (n.) differences ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all balance out for capital in the end — but not for the worker, who is left dependent on accidental by-employments.

Turnover (n.) counted ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as five times in the year makes the circulation time vanish from the capitalist's empty head, so that he imagines the capital has functioned constantly in the production process throughout the successive turnovers.

Turnover (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠stand in for size: a capital that turns over four times a year earns at least as much as one four times larger that turns over once.

Turnover (n.) works ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like the harvest: capital that turns over often is like southern lands that crop several times a year against the single northern harvest.