Sekirov Dictionary

turnkey

/ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/

noun 2
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun2

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A system that is supplied ready to switch on and operate.
- The hardware-software costs are packaged together. Turnkeys are either special purpose (e.g., only for one function such as libraries) or general purpose […] — 1982
•
(old-fashioned) A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison.
- He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition, / Which put him in mind of the long debate / On the Slave-trade abolition. — 1834

adjective1

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Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).
- They wanted a turnkey solution for the entire system, but we could only provide the enclosure.

verb1

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To supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use.
- We can sell you all the parts, or we can turnkey the entire unit.

forms

turnkeyed · turnkeying · turnkeys · more turnkey · most turnkey

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