: built, supplied, or installed complete and ready to operate
a turnkey nuclear plant
a turnkey computer system
also
: of or relating to a turnkey building or installation
a turnkey contract
turnkey vendors
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
The turnkey estates, priced from $8.5 million to $20 million or more, will accommodate up to six bedrooms and include roughly 9,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor living space.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Each of the semi-detached, turnkey homes features three bedrooms and are spread out over a single story.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 May 2024
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Adjective
But for today, Jessica and I can take you inside a turnkey facet of the story: How an investor-founder romance soured, helping set up the situation Stability is in today—grasping for its future.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
The turnkey estates, priced from $8.5 million to $20 million or more, will accommodate up to six bedrooms and include roughly 9,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor living space.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
Noun
The 2,800-square-foot turnkey location in Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza proved too large for their output, and in 2021, the shopping mall was sold to a developer with the intent to revitalize it with a combination of housing, retail and office buildings.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Each of the semi-detached, turnkey homes features three bedrooms and are spread out over a single story.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 May 2024
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“Turnkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnkey. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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