Definition of "turnaround time" []

• Time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "During the diffusion process for the N-Trak soil test in Iowa, soil testing laboratories reduced the cost of their tests and improved the turnaround time required to get results back to the farmer."
• "Flare warning: It's turnaround time at Marathon Petroleum Corp. 's Texas City refinery."