The turndown was polite but very firm.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a turndown collar.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : He got turndowns from all the better colleges.    From Dictionary.com. 

So vulnerability to a business turndown is the first reason why this has to stop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thirty Million Musketeers] Reference

Roger Carr, the chairman of Centrica and Cadbury's, referred, in an interview on the BBC's Today programme, to the "turndown".    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

"turndown" that is appealed to any court -- bankruptcy district, appellate or what not.    From Wordnik.com.  [GlobalResearch.ca] Reference

How is that - the economic turndown being felt there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2008] Reference

After the initial turndown, we never got back to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Hood: Interviewing Terry Gross] Reference

That turndown has been now upheld by the Supreme Court.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2005] Reference

The last turndown was in 2004 until all of this started.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2007] Reference

All he could do then was to turndown the tempting offer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water-Powered Car Invention Ignored For Decades by RP Government] Reference

About the time she would have received my turndown letter.    From Wordnik.com.  [While Other People Sleep]

That night she'd gone home to find the turndown letter from me.    From Wordnik.com.  [While Other People Sleep]

Despite the turndown, I took that as high praise for a low tale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Impossible Places]

You canforget the bed turndown and keep your chocolate mints, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cat & Mouse]

But evening turndown and free newspapers are standard at this location.    From Wordnik.com.  [Loyalty Plans at Hotels -- for Beginners] Reference

Chinese sweets in oriental sachet bags are laid out during turndown service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good Life] Reference

What ` s next, maid turndown service, perhaps a mint before she goes to sleep?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2007] Reference

And there's no way it was the hotel staff this late with the turndown service.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2008] Reference

I'd sent her a turndown letter saying I'd keep her in mind for a future opening.    From Wordnik.com.  [While Other People Sleep]

But all of this had happened before my turndown letter triggered the harassment.    From Wordnik.com.  [While Other People Sleep]

Unfortunately, with the recent economic turndown, I had to move back to New York.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remembering Sen. Stevens And Rep. Rostenkowski] Reference

But the lawyer's warning made the committee's turndown more palatable for management.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boards Flex Their Pay Muscles] Reference

All guests get an evening room turndown and can request a specific newspaper at check-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Loyalty Plans at Hotels -- for Beginners] Reference

W Hotels actually offers pet pillows with special treats placed on them at turndown time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fido & Friends (The Boomer Blog)] Reference

And in this kind of economic turndown, this is not the moment for the designer cover girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2009] Reference

And their -- their emergence has been sped up by the -- the economic turndown around the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2009] Reference

Less concealed are fresh bouquets of flowers, multiline cordless phones and twice-daily turndown service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Spot: Mansion On Peachtree, Atlanta] Reference

In a period of economic turndown, it is likely to be far worse, hence the urgency that I underline today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archbishop calls to protect the poorest from the effects of economic downturn] Reference

Mr. Hagan understands that he has to share a bathroom and that there won't be any nightly turndown service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hagan Makes Giants Take a Closer Look] Reference

Right now in this economic turndown, that's not such a great image to be projecting for France and for herself.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2009] Reference

As I noted earlier, all this has been true for some years; in an economic turndown, it is likely to be far worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archbishop - Protect the Poorest From the Effects of Economic Downturn] Reference

They contained job applications, background checks, and turndown letters for three candidates I'd recently interviewed.    From Wordnik.com.  [While Other People Sleep]

Coming up, working men and women who have lost their jobs in this economic turndown could face a devastating new set back.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2008] Reference

And countless others turndown better jobs because they know, if they take the better job, they'll lose their health insurance.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference

TATA: Well, I think that India doesn't suffer from the same cause of economic turndown that is plaguing the West at this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2008] Reference

Some navy officials say they simply were unaware of it, but it is another turndown by the Chinese of a port visit into Hong Kong.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2007] Reference

A public turndown could be a death sentence because it would tell investors and consumers the government thinks the bank isn't viable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Interference Seen in Bank Bailout Decisions] Reference