: 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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New Atlas, 4 June 2026
The Anthropic venture offers PE sponsors a turnkey alternative to hiring Big Three consultants at what is likely to be a fraction of the cost.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Krish Kumar, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The Bespoke Outdoor Kitchen, which starts at just under $15,000, could help make that turnkey upgrade a reality.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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Adjective
Plus, Supertramp already has the US$495K Megatron for those buyers who want to go straight to a turnkey top-of-line rig without sinking time into picking and choosing their own add-ons.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2026
The Anthropic venture offers PE sponsors a turnkey alternative to hiring Big Three consultants at what is likely to be a fraction of the cost.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Noun
The turnkey platforms that promise to skip that problem lock operators into one vendor's models and one vendor's cloud.
—Krish Kumar, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The Bespoke Outdoor Kitchen, which starts at just under $15,000, could help make that turnkey upgrade a reality.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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“Turnkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnkey. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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