turnkey
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turnkey
- /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/
Where it comes from
From turn + key.
(jailer): Compare typologically Russian вертуха́й (vertuxáj) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ)).
adjective more turnkey · most turnkey
- 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.
noun turnkeys
- 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 […]
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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.
Similar: dub-cove
verb turnkeys · turnkeying · turnkeyed
- 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.
Translations
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adj ready to use without further assembly
| Español | llave en mano |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 交鑰匙 /交钥匙 jiāoyàoshi |
| Français | clé en main, clés en main |
| Deutsch | schlüsselfertig |
| Italiano | chiavi in mano |
| Русский | под ключ pod ključ |
noun slang: warder
| Español | llavero |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 狱吏 yùlì, 看守 kānshǒu, 守卫 shǒuwèi |
| Français | guichetier |
| Deutsch | Gefangenenwärter, Gefangenenwärterin, Gefängniswärter, Gefängniswärterin |
| Italiano | girachiavi |
| Ελληνικά | δεσμοφύλακας desmofýlakas |
| Русский | тюре́мщик tjurémščik, надзира́тель nadzirátelʹ, вертуха́й vertuxáj |
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