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UK
/tˈɜːndaʊn/
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[ US /ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/ ]
NOUN
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the act of refusing an offer
the turndown was polite but very firm
How To Use turndown In A Sentence
- They're waiting for a market turndown.
- The cook took time to give each of them a cup of coffee and a polite turndown. FOOLS GOLD
- A look of dejection passed through her eyes as she looked away, trying not to feel hurt by his turndown.
- There have been no turndowns, to my knowledge, by anybody.
- Yet, most Japanese passive component enterprises didn't intend to expand their production. During the period of economic turndown in 2008, Japanese companies cut their production to some extent.
- These series of crises appear to be bending and secondly, we seem to have seen the worst of the world economic turndown.
- America in recession would alter the global economic picture and risk a worldwide turndown.
- Some time ago I suggested that, in order to avoid "turndowns" by Picard based on improper principles (like his definition of net equity), the lawyers found by the Steering Committee should bring what is called a declaratory judgment action seeking a judicial ruling that Picard could not do what he had plainly said he is going to do and what it seems he may now have begun doing. GlobalResearch.ca
- I'm much more aware of how turndowns come with the package.
- Outside of global market turndowns, usually one sector is always rising as another is falling.