Turnkey
WordNet

noun


(1)   Someone who guards prisoners
WiktionaryText

Adjective


  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. A warder or jailer / goaler; keeper of the keys in a prison
    • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick papers
      ...they passed through an open door into a lobby, from which a heavy gate, opposite to that by which they had entered, and which was guarded by a stout turnkey with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison.

Verb



  1. 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.
 
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