Definition of Turnkey

- 1836: Charles Dickens, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=268726479&tag=Dickens,+Charles,+1812-1870:+The+Pickwick+papers,+1836&query=turnkey&id=DicPick 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 with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison.

to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use

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)

Etymology: from turn + key

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