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Jailer vs. Turnkey — What's the Difference?

Jailer vs. Turnkey — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Jailer and Turnkey

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Jailer

One whose responsibility is keeping a jail.

Turnkey

A turnkey, a turnkey project, or a turnkey operation (also spelled turn-key) is a type of project that is constructed so that it can be sold to any buyer as a completed product. This is contrasted with build to order, where the constructor builds an item to the buyer's exact specifications, or when an incomplete product is sold with the assumption that the buyer would complete it.

Jailer

One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

Turnkey

The keeper of the keys in a prison; a jailer.

Jailer

The keeper of a jail or prison.
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Turnkey

Supplied, installed, or purchased in a condition ready for immediate use, occupation, or operation
A turnkey computer system.
A turnkey housing project.

Jailer

Someone who guards prisoners

Turnkey

Of or relating to something supplied, installed, or purchased in this manner
A turnkey agreement.

Turnkey

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.

Turnkey

A warder or jailer/gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.

Turnkey

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.

Turnkey

A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.

Turnkey

An instrument with a hinged claw, - used for extracting teeth with a twist.

Turnkey

Of or pertaining to a building, complex device, system, or industrial installation which is sold by a contractor only after it is ready for immediate occupation or use; fully functional and ready for use; - used of complex systems of a type which often require preparation or installation by the user before being capable of functioning as intended; as, a turnkey ethylene production plant; a turnkey apartment building.

Turnkey

Someone who guards prisoners

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