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Turnkey

//ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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
  1. 1
    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 […]"

  2. 2
    someone who guards prisoners wordnet
  3. 3
    A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison. archaic

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use. transitive

    "We can sell you all the parts, or we can turnkey the entire unit."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From turn + key.

Etymology 2

From turn + key.

Etymology 3

From turn + key.

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