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UK
/tˈɜːndaʊn/
]
[ US /ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/ ]
NOUN
-
the act of refusing an offer
the turndown was polite but very firm
How To Use turndown In A Sentence
- 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.
- the turndown was polite but very firm
- It is believed the value of the airline has fallen following a spate of industrial unrest, the foot-and-mouth crisis and a turndown in the US economy.
- No company in history that I'm aware of has ever faced that quick a turndown.
- America in recession would alter the global economic picture and risk a worldwide turndown.
- They were too obsessed with the turndown in business and the threat of more violence.
- Don't think you have to offer an explanation for every turndown, either.
- His arrival at the company's plush offices in Knightsbridge coincided with a turndown in the advertising market.
- When the front-door approach of showing his work to gallery owners yielded nothing but turndowns, Parr opted for back-door strategies.
- The recent turndown in tourism has only exacerbated the territory's economic difficulties and heightened political and social tensions.