Churn

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Churn may mean:

  • Churn (river), a river running through Gloucestershire
  • Butter churn, a device used for churning butter
  • Churn rate, the average number of customers that leave a subscription service during a year
  • Churn (economics), the process by which jobs are regularly created and destroyed as technology changes
  • Churn (album), a 1993 music album by New Zealand rock band Shihad
  • Churn (sports), process of customers reinvesting successful horse racing wagers, known as handle, back into future wagers
  • Churn (internet slang), tricking someone into downloading bad music, usually by renaming a file


Churning may refer to:

  • Churning (stock trade), the excessive buying and selling of stocks by a trader such as a broker to generate large commission fees.
  • Churning (butter), the process of creating butter out of milk or cream