Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rejection.
- noun One who has been turned down or rejected.
- noun Something that is folded down, as on a garment.
- noun A downturn.
- adjective Being or capable of being turned or folded down.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Folded or doubled down.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An act of refusing or of being refused
- noun a decline in activity, especially business.
- adjective (Elec.) Capable of being turned down
- adjective Made to wear with the upper part turned down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
downturn - noun The
service of turning down thebedcovers and often leavingchocolates etc. on the pillow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of refusing an offer
- verb refuse entrance or membership
- verb reject with contempt
- verb take a downward direction
- verb make lower or quieter
- verb refuse to accept
Etymologies
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Examples
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So vulnerability to a business turndown is the first reason why this has to stop.
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The direct-loan program asked for "turndown" letters from two banks, lots of unnecessary documentation and bureaucratic delays were commonplace.
Jerry Chautin: Mr. President: Turbodog is My Rose Garden Beer Choice 2009
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Roger Carr, the chairman of Centrica and Cadbury's, referred, in an interview on the BBC's Today programme, to the "turndown".
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"turndown" that is appealed to any court -- bankruptcy district, appellate or what not.
GlobalResearch.ca 2009
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"Turning around a board turndown is incredibly tough," says Deanna Kory, a real estate broker at Corcoran.
Teri Karush Rogers: NYC Real Estate Survival: How to Appeal a Co-op Board Turndown Teri Karush Rogers 2012
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Most of the agents and lawyers we spoke to could cite only one or two successful attempts to reverse a turndown.
Teri Karush Rogers: NYC Real Estate Survival: How to Appeal a Co-op Board Turndown Teri Karush Rogers 2012
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After the third turndown for the Medal of Honor and after listening to the disappointing phone calls from the men who wrote me up for the medal, I was involved with the unauthorized medal package.
Bruce Cotta 2010
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"Turning around a board turndown is incredibly tough," says Deanna Kory, a real estate broker at Corcoran.
Teri Karush Rogers: NYC Real Estate Survival: How to Appeal a Co-op Board Turndown Teri Karush Rogers 2012
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A recent New York Times story characterizing 2011 as "the year of the board turndown" held out a sliver of anecdotal hope for rejected buyers: a broker tells the Times that she persuaded an Upper East Side co-op board to reverse its decision simply by resubmitting her lightly-employed client's board package, this time with character references.
Teri Karush Rogers: NYC Real Estate Survival: How to Appeal a Co-op Board Turndown Teri Karush Rogers 2012
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Most of the agents and lawyers we spoke to could cite only one or two successful attempts to reverse a turndown.
Teri Karush Rogers: NYC Real Estate Survival: How to Appeal a Co-op Board Turndown Teri Karush Rogers 2012
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