See Also: Turn(medicine)
out-turn(dictionary)
re-turn(dictionary)
Turn(finance)
turn(1)(dictionary)
turn(2)(dictionary)
turn-down(dictionary)
turn-off(dictionary)
turn-up(dictionary)
U-turn(dictionary)

turn-off (iou)



turn-off adjective & noun. L17.
[from turn off s.v. TURN verb.]
A. adjective. That turns or screws off. Only in L17.
b. noun.
A turning off a main road. L19.
A. Cooke I drove along Sunset Boulevard..and watched for the turn-off into North La Brea. M. Wesley At the turn-off from the motorway she stopped.
The quantity of a finished product that is sold off; spec. the quantity of livestock sent to market; the sending of livestock to market. L19.
Meat Trades Journal A disruption of livestock turn-off caused by wet weather.
The action or an act of causing something to cease operation. M20.
Globe & Mail (Toronto) 'It's inconvenient..,' she said of the electricity turnoffs.
A thing that repels a person or causes a loss of interest. colloq. L20.
S. Kitzinger Chilblains or indigestion can..be a turn-off. Independent The biggest turn-off for..investment.