turnkey
/ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/
Etymology
From turn + key.
turnkey means 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). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.
adj
- 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
- 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 […]”
- 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.”
verb
- 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.”