checkout

US/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌaʊt/

nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,472 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: checkouts

A checkout is the place in a shop where you queue and pay. The checkout queue, a self-service checkout, at the checkout.

The self-service kind shifted the work onto the customer and saved shops a great deal, and it is also where most shoplifting now happens, deliberate or otherwise. In a hotel, checkout is the time you must be out of the room.

Definitions of checkout

1nouncheckoutThe place in a shop where you queue and pay.B1+
“The queue at the checkout was so long that I nearly left my shopping behind.”

checkout is a place.

Where it comes from

Deverbal from check out.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Shopping & Money

Practise this word

checkout in the wild

Self-checkouts are used mainly in supermarkets, although they are sometimes also found in department or convenience stores.
Self-checkout
Most self-checkout areas are supervised by at least one staff member, often assisting customers to process transactions, correcting prices, or otherwise providing service.
Self-checkout
On November 20, 2013, the web checkout part of the service was fully retired.
Google Checkout
Steve Coote achieved a 167 checkout, the highest of the competition, in his first round match against Mardle.
2001 BDO World Darts Championship

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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