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turnaway

turnaway noun: the situation where a potential customer is turned away because their needs cannot be accommodated.

Noun

turnaway (plural turnaways)

  1. (attributive, often) The situation where a potential customer is turned away because their needs cannot be accommodated.
    • The night show then pulled a turnaway and the extra night show drew near-capacity.1953 August 8, Billboard, page 62
    • If only one person at a time is permitted to use an e-book (SUPO option), then users will experience "turnaways" when they try to access a title already in use. […] Presenting an option to email the library can provide a means to gather feedback from your users each time they experience a turnaway....2015, Theresa S. Arndt, Getting Started with Demand-Driven Acquisitions for E-books

Forms of turnaway

pluralturnaways

Origin of turnaway

Deverbal from turn away.

Questions about turnaway

What does turnaway mean?
Turnaway means the situation where a potential customer is turned away because their needs cannot be accommodated.
What part of speech is turnaway?
Turnaway is a noun.
What is the plural of turnaway?
The plural of turnaway is turnaways.

Words near turnaway in the dictionary

  1. turnaround artist
  2. turnaround artists
  3. turnaround time
  4. turnaround times
  5. turnarounds
  6. turnaway
  7. turnaways
  8. turnback
  9. turnback siding
  10. turnback sidings
  11. turnbacks

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